Advocate moves Delhi HC challenging Standing Order issued by DG (Prisons) related to inmate-lawyer meetings in Delhi jails

Nearly two weeks after Tihar Jail inmates went on a strike protesting against the rule propounding once-a-week meeting with their families, an advocate on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a standing order by which an undertrial inmate could meet his lawyer only once a week.A Bench of the Delhi High Court headed by Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed issued notices to...