Ranchi, Apr 28 (PTI) The Jharkhand government on Monday informed the high court that the new jail manual will be notified within a period of 30 days.

Advocate General Rajiv Ranjan submitted before the court that the new jail manual will soon be cleared by the cabinet and notified by the government.

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The high court had earlier sought information from the government with regards to the manual.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had issued a directive on January 17 about changes to be made in the jail manuals of all states.

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State Home Secretary Vandana Dadel was also present during the court proceedings on Monday.

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