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Trisha Chandran – Appellant
Versus
Superintendent, Cherlapally Central Prison – Respondent
ORDER :
1. This Writ Petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to immediately remove Sanjay Kumar and Marri Srinivas Reddy currently lodged at Cherlapally Central Prison from solitary confinement and permit their movement within jail and communication with other prisoners. The petitioner requests the respondents to ensure that Sanjay Kumar and Marri Srinivas Reddy currently lodged in Cherlapally Central Prison are treated equally with the other prisoners in Cherlapally Central Prison and are provided access to all facilities available to other prisoners including television, newspaper, work, library and access to outdoor and common spaces.
2. Sri P. Vivek Reddy, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the learned counsel for the petitioner Sri K. Manoj Reddy submits hat the petitioner is an advocate working with Project 39A which is a criminal justice initiative based in National Law University, Delhi who provide pro bono legal representation before the Supreme Court and various High Courts to prisoners sentenced to death. It is stated that this Writ Piton is filed representing two death row prisoners lodged in Cherlapally Central Jail (1) Sanjay Kumar, S/o Pavan
A prisoner sentenced to death is not under sentence until the judgment is final; solitary confinement conditions must adhere to constitutional rights, allowing normal interaction unless justified oth....
The petitioners' confinement in a single cell does not amount to solitary confinement, but rather "seclusion". The petitioners' right to meet their relatives and advocates is not being violated. The ....
The judgment establishes the principle that the rights of prisoners, including the legality of their confinement and denial of facilities, are protected under Article 21 of the Constitution, and the ....
Prisoners retain fundamental rights to dignity and humane treatment despite incarceration, and restrictions on their exposure to outdoor activities must not violate these rights under the Constitutio....
Death sentence – Undue long delay in execution of death sentence would entitle condemned prisoner to pray for commuting death sentence to that of life imprisonment.
The judgment establishes that excessive delays in mercy petition consideration and unlawful solitary confinement can lead to the commutation of a death sentence to life imprisonment, reinforcing the ....
The central legal point established in the judgment is the importance of compliance with prison rules and the principles of natural justice in imposing punishment on prisoners, emphasizing the detrim....
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