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ORIGINAL JURISDlCTION: Writ Petition (Crl.) Nos. 2546 47 of 1983.

(Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India). Parijat Sinha for the Petitioners.

B. Datta, Additional Solicitor General, N.L. Kakkar and Miss A. Subhashini for the Respondents.

Ms. Nityaramakrishnan, A.K. Panda. Mrs. M. Karanjawala, Mrs. Urmila Kapoor and Ranjan Dwivedi for the Interveners.

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RANGANATH MISRA, J. These two applications under Article 32 of the Constitution are in the nature of a public interest litigation. A news reporter and a trainee sub- editor have moved this Court for appropriate directions to the Delhi Administration and the authorities of the Central Jail at Tihar, pointing out features of maladministration within the jail relating to juvenile undertrial prisoners. During the pendency of the proceedings, the Court made several orders with reference to juvenile prisoners and undertrials. On 8th October, 1983 this Court directed: