The Court noted that as per the Supreme Court’s direction, every State and Union Territory has to constitute a monitoring committee, headed by the executive chairman of the State legal services authority or his nominee, for the management of Open Correctional Institutions. File

The Court noted that as per the Supreme Court’s direction, every State and Union Territory has to constitute a monitoring committee, headed by the executive chairman of the State legal services authority or his nominee, for the management of Open Correctional Institutions. File
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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (April 22, 2026) asked the city authorities to chalk out a strategy to implement the Supreme Court’s directives on developing a protocol for open correctional institutions and identify prisoners who can be transferred there.

A Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the Delhi government to file an affidavit detailing the steps taken to ensure compliance of the Supreme Court’s order, passed on February 26.


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