Centre Must Frame Rules for Handling Foreign Prisoners: HC

The Madras High Court has stressed the need for framing appropriate rules for handling foreigners lodged in the prisons of the state in order to protect their rights and suo motu impleaded the secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a case filed by a Nigerian national imprisoned at the Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai.

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A division bench of justices S M Subramaniam and M Jothiraman on Monday said rules have already been framed and implemented for governing Indian nationals in prisons but there are no such rules as far as foreigners are concerned.

So, there is a need for framing similar rules for handling foreign nationals in the prisons, they said.