Section 29 in The Prisoners Act, 1900
29. [ Removal of prisoners [Substituted by Act 1 of 1903, Section 3 and Sch.II, for Section ... general or special order, provide for the removal of any prisoner confined in a person (a) under sentence of death, or (b) under
Section 29 in The Prisons Act, 1894
29. Solitary confinement.
- No cell shall be used for solitary confinement unless it is furnished with ... means of enabling the prisoner to communicate at any time with an officer of the prison, and every prisoner so confined in a cell
Act and Inspector General, Prison cannot transfer under trial prisoner under
Section 29(2) under Prisoners Act, 1900 . Further, Sections ... respect of both
the prisoners. MP Prisons Rules, 1968 is enacted under Section 59 of the
Prisons Act, 1894. In Section 59 of the Prisons
Inspector-General
Prisons is authorised to transfer undertrial
prisoners from one prison to another, within the
State: Provided that if a prisoner is transferred ... becomes
abundantly clear that Inspector General Prisons is conferred the
power to transfer undertrial prisoners from one prison in the State to
another during
prisons
may, in like manner, provide for the removal of any
prisoner confined as aforesaid in a prison in the State to
any other prison ... order of the Inspector General of Prison in light of Section 29 of
the Prisoners Act as held in paragraph no.20 of the judgment
allow transfer of prisoner at all. He submits that the lodging of
prisoner has to be done under the Prisoners Act and the Rules made ... Prisoners Act , titled "Removal of Prisoners". Section 29(1) of the
Prisoners Act, 1900 lays down :
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factual matrix relating to the transfer of the prisoners from
Bombay Central Prison to other prisons in the State and use of force
causing injuries ... acts required by rules, statutes,
or regulations.
Ministerial act. An act performed without the independent exercise
of discretion or judgment. If the act is mandatory
consolidate the law
relating to prisoners confined by the order of a court. As Section 29 of
the Prisoners Act, 1900 covered a different field ... Inspector General of Prisons under Section 29
extracted above.”
28. Thereafter, the Court referred to Section 26 of the Prisons Act, 1894
and Sections
prisoner
confined as aforesaid in a prison in the State to any other
prison in the State."
9. Section 29 of the Prisoners Act ... only confined to inter
State transfer of a prisoner and the Transfer of Prisoners Act, 1950
deals with intra State transfer of prisoners which
transfer to Nashik Central
Prison is arbitrary and in breach of provisions of Section 29 of the
Prisoners Act, 1900 and violative of the directions ... Nashik Central Prison. The petitioner contends that, there is no
provision empowering the Jail authorities to transfer an undertrial
prisoner from one prison to another
