interviewed is always to be insisted
upon. There may also be certain other cases, where, for good
reasons, permission to interview the prisoners ... prisoners. The Inspector-General wrote a letter to the
petitioner on 31st May, 1982, explaining therein that
normally the prison authorities do not allow interviews
made regarding interviews between defending counsel and prisoners and prisoners and other visitors.
(3) Visitors can have interviews with prisoners in the interview room only ... before and after conclusion of such special interviews.
(6) Counsel shall continue to have interviews with prisoners in Court Hall, with the permission
facilities to be granted to unconvicted Criminal Prisoners and Civil Prisoners in the matter of Interviews and letters. Rule 541 is extracted hereunder ... before and after conclusion of such special interviews.
(6) Counsel shall continue to have interviews with prisoners in Court Hall, with the permission
poor prisoners.
HEADNOTE:
The petitioner, a journalist, in her letter addressed
to this Court stated that Five out of fifteen women
prisoners interviewed ... made available to prisoners in
jails whether they be under-trials or convicted prisoners.
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The Inspector General of Prisons in Maharashtra should
issue
prison either to the prison personnel or the prisoners themselves from the above bad elements, Rules 520 and 521 of the Prison Rules were amended ... follows:
"No prison regulation or procedure laid down by any prison regulation, regulating the prisoner's right to have interviews with members
interview under rule 549(4). [1186 D-
F]
There can be no doubt that a person, who desires to
interview a prisoner may have ... regulations
governing the interviews. There is a provision in the rules
that if a person who desires to interview a prisoner is a
female
prisoners for commutation of their sentence to imprisonment for life. We are proceeding on the basis that the prisoners are willing to be interviewed ... regulations governing the interviews. There is a provision in the rules that if a person who desires to interview a prisoner is a female
nexalites, that nexalite prisoners are treated on par with other classes of prisoners except in the matter of confinement, interviews, transfers and the privilege ... prevent the nexalite prisoners from indoctrinating the other prisoners. As there is no separate prison for confining extremist prisoners in the State, they
interview and to make documentary film on condemned prisoners to the Prisons Department and hence no interview can be permitted. The petitioners further submit that ... instance of the prisoners, and the said rules do not contemplate the persons who arc unconnected with the prisoners to seek interview and also videograph
provided to the prisoners;
(iv) the number of under trial prisoners; (v) the
security and other features of the said prison; (vi)
whether additional space ... prisons are
built with the stones of law".
(8) A challenge was made to a prison rule which
permitted only one interview
