SC questions states on death row convicts' rights violation
The Supreme Court has sought replies from DGP (Prisons) of 10 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi, on the alleged violation of the human rights of convicts facing death penalty. They have also been asked to reply on the issue of solitary confinement, legal representation, visitation rights of prisoners' families, and psychiatric consultation of death row convicts.