Supreme Court imposes costs of Rs.25000 on 26 States and 7 UTs for failure to file responses in prison reform case [Read Order]

In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and NV Ramana, on 4 April, imposed costs of Rs.25000 each on all the States and Union Territories except Bihar, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir. The States, which were fined for their failure to file responses in a case dealing with prison reform, were asked to deposit the amount within a period of three...