Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
Make all prisons disabled-friendly, SC directs states
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
|December 07, 2025
The Supreme Court has passed sweeping directions to all states and union territories to make prisons disabled-friendly and sought a compliance report within four months.
The order, passed early this week, sought details of various aspects related to audit of prison infrastructure for disabled prisoners, their educational and health requirements and effective grievance redressal mechanism.
A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order in a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by activist Satyan Naravoor who cited the instances of wheelchair-bound former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and Parkinson-affected Stan Swamy. While Swamy died in incarceration in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, Saibaba passed away a few months after his acquittal in a case where he was alleged to have links with banned Maoists.
This story is from the December 07, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Rajasthan.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
‘It is not the job of writing to be ethical; its job is to be true’
At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Richard Flanagan, the only writer in the world to have won both the Booker Prize and the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, talks about what stories mean to us
4 mins
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
In Noida, reminder of the sinking state of humanity
Death shouldn't be a mere number.
2 mins
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
PM leads BJP south push
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the historic BJP victory in the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, saying it marks the end of decades of neglect by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) and the beginning of a new era of development and good governance.
1 min
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Juspay raises $50 million from WestBridge, enters unicorn club
Bengaluru-based payments infrastructure firm Juspay has raised $50 million in a Series D follow-on round from WestBridge Capital.
1 mins
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Play it again, Simran
DDLJ is so epic, they just put up a statue of Raj and Simran in London. Think you know every bit of it? Here are 10 Easter eggs you probably never noticed
3 mins
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Wait, is this Kolkata?
Kolkata’s food scene has got range. You can dig into 1947-era Lucknow biryani, contemporary food at cafés, and North-Eastern cuisine at top hotels
4 mins
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
‘A book like this sucks you in’
On translating Mahatma Gandhi's grand-nephew’s memoir, Jivannu Parodh, from the original Gujarati
2 mins
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
Bastar: a traveller’s tale
In the introduction to Landscapes of Wilderness, the author Narendra confesses that his book is “not a formal sociological work” and is “more like a traveller's tale”.
3 mins
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
How India can become a deep-tech powerhouse
India granted over 100,000 patents last year —a big surge compared to pre-pandemic data.
3 mins
January 24, 2026
Hindustan Times Rajasthan
'DMK running govt of corruption, mafia and crime in TN'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the ruling DMK-led alliance in the poll-bound Tamil Nadu, saying the countdown for its exit has begun and a BJP-NDA government will be formed in the state.
1 min
January 24, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size