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Conjugal Rights Of Prisoners In India




Evana Manik, LLM, School of Law, LPU, Phagwara, Punjab

ABSTRACT

This term "conjugal rights" refers to a jail inmate's marital rights. conjugal right is a legally recognized as well as an inherent right of wedded couple within the societal structure that includes the ability of interaction together, construct a house jointly, as well as reap all the benefits of an interpersonal relationship altogether, such as the right to have 'sex' and 'reproduction.' There has been a consensus as well as debate upon that worth and morality of granting inmates marital privileges. Many who support such approach claim that this will aid in the solution of the homosexuality problem as well as the shaping of the inmate's conduct. Many who disagree argue stated variables such as guardianship and security issues, absent fathers, trafficking of illegal products from outside, and so on nullify the positives effects if any. The Contemporary law in India upon that notion of marital privileges remains continuously developing i.e. it is still in its adolescence. There seems to be no legal legislation which neither addresses nor grants these rights. Convicts are granted marital privileges. If this isn't the case, Article 21 of the Constitution allows inmates to ring on the doors of justices. Throughout this piece, the researchers examine the choices taken. In each of these cases, the courts have made decisions based on law that is now in effect. With relation to marital privileges in other countries

Keywords: Conjugal rights, conjugal visits, conjugal associations, homosexuality

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Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research

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