File Inputs On Prevention Of Torture Bill Within 3 Weeks: SC Directs States, UTs [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses and inputs from States and Union Territories on the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2017 within three weeks.The direction was issued by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, on a petition filed by former Union Minister Dr. Ashwini Kumar. The petition highlights the lack of a...