In a recent event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud attributed the release of the report Prisons in India: How prison manuals and measures for reformation and decongestion can be linked to President Droupadi Murmu’s Constitution Day speech of 2022. In the just concluded presidential speech, he raised concern to issues of undertrial prisoners and called on the judiciary to look for justice through needed reform to vulnerable and socially excluded prisoners in Indian jails. This paper analyzes current prison manuals concerning states, enunciates reforms for the inmate climate, and addresses, in particular, the current job of the judiciary in the mission of alleviating prison overcrowding. The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind appreciated the Supreme Court for churning out a significant document in line with the constitutional ethos of justice – social, economic, political and environment.
Additionally, CJI Chandrachud highlighted the concurrent release of two other reports: The two books are: Justice for the Nation: Reflections on 75 Years of the Supreme Court of India and collects papers on the development of Indian legal theory and the role of Indian Supreme Court and Legal Aid through Law Schools: A Report on Working of Legal Aid Cells in India where the author discussed the performance of legal aid clinics in law schools of India. The Chief Justice expressed profound appreciation for the insights offered in the essays especially in as much as the authors presented the Supreme Court as an institution that has effectively transformed and met social and legal justice needs since the country’s independence.
While addressing the gathering, President Murmu underlined the agenda of decolonising the Indian judiciary to empower the justice-divested social domains based on the tenets of equality. She appreciated the efforts being made by the judiciary trying to develop an indigenous legal culture of Indian legal thought process, compatible with the Indian ethos and the spirit of Indian democracy. These included respecting the Constitution, the rule of law and the need to fight the ill-advised predatory judicial reform together with wider stakeholders, including the CJI Chandrachud.
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