The Supreme Court today(October 31) allowed an intervention filed by the Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project, arguing that the State of Madhya Pradesh has violated the 2024 Sukanya Shantha judgment through its Madhya Pradesh Sudharatmak Sevayen Evam Bandigrah Adhiniyam, 2024, in the suo moto matter concerning discrimination inside prisons in India. As per the intervenor, the 2024 Act contains various provisions that discriminate against denotified tribes.

In Sukanya Shantha judgment , the Supreme Court o bserved that discrimination inside prisons based on grounds of caste, gender, and disability is illegal and initiated a suo motu proceedings titled In Re: Discrimination Inside Prisons in India, which it continues to monitor for compliance with the di

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