The Delhi High Court was on Wednesday told that due to a large number of undertrials cramped in unhygienic conditions, they are being affected by numerous diseases in the jail premises.
‘As per responses received from some of the RTIs filed by the petitioners and their associates it has been revealed that tuberculosis and other contagious diseases like HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, typhoid, etc. are common in Tihar jail premises,’ the written submission filed before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw states.
The written suggestion and information with regard to the condition in the jail was sought by the high court from Delhi government and an NGO, Multi Action Research Group(MARG), while hearing a Public
Interest Litigations relating to ensuring minimum human rights to inmates of Tihar Jail.
‘As per responses received from some of the RTIs filed by the petitioners and their associates it has been revealed that tuberculosis and other contagious diseases like HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, typhoid, etc. are common in Tihar jail premises,’ the written submission filed before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw states.
The written suggestion and information with regard to the condition in the jail was sought by the high court from Delhi government and an NGO, Multi Action Research Group(MARG), while hearing a Public
Interest Litigations relating to ensuring minimum human rights to inmates of Tihar Jail.