Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on February 16 directed the inclusion of a woman judicial officer in an existing committee looking into the safety and condition of women prisoners in each district in West Bengal.
A Bench of justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah passed the direction in a matter. The court also directed that the committee should also include superintendents of women jails wherever possible.
The court said that a senior lady judicial officer in the district may be included as part of the committee to give a fair assessment of the available security measures, hygiene measures, health care infrastructure, and welfare of women prisoners in jails and barracks in each district.
Amicus Curiae and Senior Advocate Gaurav Agarwal had recently filed an affidavit in the matter related to women getting pregnant in jails in West Bengal.
