Supreme Court Rejects UAPA Undertrial's Plea Questioning 21-Hour Confinement A Day In Prison Cell

Debby Jain

10 March 2026 7:56 PM IST

  • Supreme Court Rejects UAPA Undertrials Plea Questioning 21-Hour Confinement A Day In Prison Cell

    The Court asked the petitioner to pursue the matter in the Kerala High Court, where his petition is pending.

    The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea filed by UAPA accused-Vijith Vijayan against his alleged confinement for 21 hours a day in a high security prison cell at Kerala.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was dealing with Vijayan's challenge to an order passed by the Kerala High Court, which stayed for 2 months the direction passed by the Special Court for locking of prisoners...

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