NEW DELHI: The Centre Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it would constitute within a week the 3-member committee, to be headed by former apex court judge Amitava Roy, to look into the issue of jail reforms in the country.
The Centre told a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta that the authorities were going through the September 25 order of the apex court in this regard and the panel was likely to be constituted within a week.
The Supreme Court had on September 25 constituted a 3-member committee to look into the issue of jail reforms and make recommendations on several aspects, including the overcrowding in prisons.
The court had said that the committee would also comprise of Inspector General of Police of Bureau of Police Research and Development and Director General (Prisons) of Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
It had asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to issue a notification constituting the ‘Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms’. (AGENCIES)
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