Formulate policy to free elderly, terminally ill prisoners: Supreme Court
Supreme Court directed states and Union Territories to formulate a policy within three months for releasing elderly and terminally ill prisoners.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta held that constitutional values of dignity and humane treatment apply within prisons.
Data from State Legal Services Authorities identified 5,393 prisoners as elderly or terminally ill, including 1,886 undertrials and 3,507 convicts.
The court stated punishment must be proportional and humane, and incarceration should not become institutional neglect.
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