Executive Summary:
This notification announces amendments to the Delhi Prison Rules 2018, effective from the date of publication in the official Gazette. The amendments refine the definition of a "habitual offender" and introduce measures to prevent caste-based discrimination within prisons. It also mandates compliance with "The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013".
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Title and Commencement:**
* These rules are called the Delhi Prison Amendment No. 9 Rules, 2025.
* The amendments take effect from the date of publication in the official Gazette.
* **Definition of Habitual Offender:**
* A habitual offender is defined as someone convicted and imprisoned on more than two occasions during any continuous five-year period for offenses committed on different occasions, provided these sentences haven't been reversed on appeal or review.
* Time spent in jail under imprisonment or detention will not be considered when calculating the continuous five-year period.
* **Prohibition of Caste-Based Discrimination:**
* Strictly prohibits discrimination, classification, or segregation of prisoners based on caste.
* Ensures no discrimination in work allocation within prisons based on caste.
* **Manual Scavenging Prohibition:**
* The "Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013" is binding on prisons and correctional facilities.
* Manual scavenging or hazardous cleaning of sewers/septic tanks within prisons is not permitted.
* **Elimination of Caste Column in Registers:**
* The practice of maintaining a caste column in prison registers will be discontinued.
Impact Analysis:
* **Prison Administration:**
* *Impact:* Required to implement the revised definition of "habitual offender" and enforce the prohibition of caste-based discrimination and manual scavenging.
* *Action Required:* Update prison rules and procedures, train staff, and eliminate caste columns from registers.
* **Prisoners:**
* *Impact:* The updated rules impact how prisoners are classified (habitual offender) and ensure protection against caste-based discrimination within the prison system.
* *Action Required:* Be aware of the amended rules regarding habitual offenders and report any instances of caste-based discrimination to the appropriate authorities.
Key Entities Referenced
Delhi Prison Rules 2018: A set of rules governing the prisons in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, which is being amended by this notification.
Delhi Prisons Act Delhi Act No.2 of 2002: The act that empowers the Lieutenant Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi to make rules for prisons.
National Capital Territory of Delhi: The Union Territory where the policy is applicable.
Lieutenant Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi: The administrator of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, who is authorized to amend the Delhi Prison Rules 2018.
Delhi Prison amendment No.9 Rules, 2025: The short title of the rules which amends Delhi Prison Rules 2018
The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013: An act prohibiting manual scavenging, which is to be enforced in prisons and correctional institutions of Delhi.
Sanjeev Kundu: Dy. Secy. Home, signatory of the notification.
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HOME (GENERAL) DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
Delhi, the 4th August, 2025
F. No. 9/158/2024-Home(G)/2227-42—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (xxxi) of sub
section (2) of Section 71 of the Delhi Prisons Act (Delhi Act No.2 of 2002), the Lt. Governor of National Capital
Territory of Delhi is pleased to further amend the Delhi Prison Rules 2018, notified vide notification
No.F.9/87/2018/HG/5980 dated 01.10.2018 namely:-
1. Short title and commencement:- (1) These rules may be called the Delhi Prison (amendment No.9) Rules, 2025.
(2) The proposed amendment shall come into effect on the date of its publication of the notification in official
Gazette.
2. Amendment in sub Rule (20) of Rule 2(1): In the Delhi Prisons Rules, 2018, for sub rule (20) of Rule 2(1), the
following shall be substituted, as follows:
Habitual Offender: Habitual offender means a person who during any continuous period of five years,
has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment on more than two occasions on account of any one or
more of the offences committed on different occasions and not constituting parts of same transaction, such
sentence not having been reversed in appeal or review.
Provided that in computing the continuous period of five years referred to above, any period spent in jail
either under sentence of imprisonment or under detention shall not be taken into account.
3. The following note shall be inserted below the explanation part of Rule 255 in Chapter V of Delhi Prison Rules,
2018:
Note: Prohibition of caste based discrimination in the Prisons:
a. It shall be strictly ensured that there shall be no discrimination/ classification or segregation of prisoners
on the basis of their caste.
b. It shall be strictly ensured that there should be no discrimination of prisoners in allotment of any work
in the prisons on the basis of their caste.
c. The provisions of ‘The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act,
2013’ shall have a binding effect in the prisons and the correctional institutions. Manual scavenging or
hazardous cleaning of a sewer or a septic tank inside a prison shall not be permitted.
d. The provision of maintaining Caste column given in Registers in vogue in Jails shall be eliminated.
By order and in the name of the Lt. Governor
of the National Capital Territory of Delhi,
SANJEEV KUNDU, Dy. Secy. (Home)
Note: The Principal Notification was notified vide No.F.9/87/2018/HG/5980 dated 01.10.2018 and subsequently
amended as under:-
S.No. File No. Date
1 F.9/87/2018/HG/6708-6713 05.11.2018
2 F.9/82/2019/HG/715-728 12.02.2020
3 F.18/191/2015/HG/1379-1392 23.03.2020
4 F.18/191/2015/HG/1649-62 20.05.2020
5 F.18/191/2015/HG/1840-1853 08.06.2020
6 F.18/71/2019/HG/1897-1905 16.06.2020
7 F.18/26/2022/HG/2672-2680 23.09.2022
8 F.18/08/2023/HG/258-266 29.01.2024
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