The government told the high court on Friday that selling food to prisoners in the canteen was never a part of the jail manual, and by withdrawing the facility, it is only rectifying a “mistake”.
Uddhav Kamble, the inspector-general of prisons, on Friday justified a circular imposing ban on the sale of food in jail canteens. Kamble stated he had merely rectified the illegal practice that had been going on since 1949.
A division bench of justice Ranjana Desai and justice Mridula Bhatkar had called upon the IG to explain the reason behind issuing circular on September 5, 2008. The circular imposed a ban on extra food items which inmates could purchase from the money earned inside the jail.
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