
‘Fill posts of social workers, psychologists in prisons’
The Hindu
PIL plea says psychological well-being of prisoners is important
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State to file a report on a public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to the government to fill vacancies in the posts of social workers and psychologists in all central prisons and special prisons for women.
A Division Bench of Justices Pushpa Sathyanarayana and P. Velmurugan sought the State’s response on a petition filed by advocate K.R. Raja of Madurai, who pointed out that only two social workers were working in Madurai and Coimbatore central prisons.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.