PRE-THESIS

SYNOPSIS

1. CENTRAL JAILS
2. HIGH COURTS
3. LAW SCHOOLS

AVINASH REDDY SURA

17031AA004
8TH SEMESTER
 CENTRAL JAILS

AIM:

A PRISON SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE NOT ONLY THE

GUILTY ARE PUNISHED BUT THE PLACES OF REFORMATION
WHERE WE GIVE THEM CHANCE TO CHANGE AND BECOME
RESPECTED INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOCIETY. THE MAIN AIM
LIES IN DESIGNING A SUPER FUNCTIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE
CENTRAL PRISON WITH BEST CLASS AMENITIES AND
SECURITY FACILITIES,ALSO PROVIDING GOOD RECREATIONAL
SPACES FOR THE INMATES AND THE STAFF WHERE THEY FEEL
FREE AND UNRESTRAINED WHERE THEY CAN EXPLORE AND
FIND THEIR VALUE AND BECOME BETTER EVERY DAY.

OBJECTIVE:
TO DESIGN A SUPER FUNCTIONAL OPEN AIR PRISON WITH
GOOD AMENITIES BY CREATING COURTYARDS AND
RECREATIONAL SPACES WITH BASIC FUNCTIONAL NEEDS.
GOOD SECURITY SYSTEM WITH A RADAR MANUAL WATCH ON
EVERY CORNER TO ENSURE SAFETY.PERSONALISED CELLS
WHICH ARE WELL VENTILATED TO AVOID HEALTH ISSUES DUE
TO THE LACK OF AIR AND VENTILATION,HYGENIC SELF
MAINTAINING WASHROOMS AND TOILETS.EDUCATIONAL ZONES
TO HELP LEARN AND UNDERSTAND BASIC VALUES AND
SUBJECT AS WELL.GARDENING,FARMING,WEAVING,CRAFT
MAKING,AND OTHER SMALL SCALE WORKING ENVIRONMENTS TO
ENSURE THE INMATES WITH SUFFICIENT WORK AND HELP
THEM BE PRODUCTIVE AND A HOPE TO CONTINUE THE SAME
ONCE RELEASED TO BE BETTER INDIVIDUALS.
 THE PRISONS DEAL WITH SENSITIVE ISSUES OF
SECUTIRY AS A PRIMARY CONCERN AND THE SOCIAL
INTERACTION IN THE PREMISIS IS AN ANOTHER FACTOR TO
BE ADDRESSED CONSIDERING THESE THE ABOVE IDEALOGIES
CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN DESIGNING AND MAKING IT A
PLACE OF WORK AND REFORMATION RATHER POTRAYING IT TO
BE A HOUSE OF PUNISHMENT.

BUFFER ZONE

LOW SECURITY ZONE

MEDIUM SECIRITY ZONE

HIGH SECURITY ZONE

SCOPE:
CONSIDERING THE CURRENT SCENARIO OF THE EXISTING
CENTRAL PRISON LACK IN BASIC AMENITIES AND
FACILITIES WHERE THE INMATES AND STAFF FEEL OVER
CROWDED OR THE SPACES ARE ALL DESIGNED ONE AFTER THE
OTHER WHERE THE BUFFER OR SAPERATION AREAS ARE
MINIMUM WHICH MAKES IT FEEL EVERYTHING IS AT A SAME
PLACE WITHOUT PARTITION OR EVERY ACTIVITY HAPPENS
OVERLOOKING ANOTHER,THIS ASPECT CAN BE SOLVED WHILE
DESIGNING THE PROJECT AND HAS A BETTER SCOPE IN
DESIGNING MORE EFFICIENT AND FUNCTIONAL SPACE.
CONSIDERING INDIA WHERE CRIME RATE IS GRADUALLY
DECREASING EVERY YEAR IN SMALL PERCENTAGES BUT THE
CRIME RATE IS ALSO INCREASING ON THE SAME HAND
CONSIDERING THIS MORE PROPOSALS OF SETTING UP JAILS
IS BEING INITIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

METHODOLOGY:
 CASE STUDIES
 SITE ANALYSIS
 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
 DESIGN

STATISTICS:
THE BELOW STATISTICS ARE ACCORDING TO THE
GOVERNMENT SOURCES AND ARE PRECISE TO THEIR SUBJECT.

 INDIA CRIME RATE & STATISTICS FOR 2018 WAS 3.08,

A 1.46% DECLINE FROM 2017.
 INDIA CRIME RATE & STATISTICS FOR 2017 WAS 3.12,
A 3.02% DECLINE FROM 2016.
  INDIA CRIME RATE & STATISTICS FOR 2016 WAS 3.22,
A 4.86% DECLINE FROM 2015.
 INDIA CRIME RATE & STATISTICS FOR 2015 WAS 3.39,
A 7.34% DECLINE FROM 2014.

THE NUMBER OF JAILS AS OF 2019 IN THE COUNTRY OF

INDIA:

 RAJASTHAN-114  DELHI-16
 TAMIL NADU-141  JAMMU & KASHMIR-15
 MADHYAPRADESH-131  HIMACHAL PRADESH-14
 ANDHRAPRADESH-106  TRIPURA-13
 KARNATAKA-104  NAGALAND-11
 ODISHA-91  UTTARAKHAND-11
 UTTAR PRADESH-72  MIZORAM-10
 MAHARASHTRA-64  MEHGALAYA-5
 WEST BENGAL-59  MANIPUR-5
 BIHAR-59  PUDUCHERRY-4
 KERALA-55  A & N ISLANDS-4
 TELANGANA-37  LAKSHADWEEP-4
 CHHATTISGARH-33  SIKKIM-2
 ASSAM-30  ARUNACHALPRADESH-2
 JHARKAND-30  CHANDIGARH-1
 GUJARAT-30  D & N HAVELI-1
 PUNJAB-24  DAMAN & DIU-1
 HARYANA-19  GOA-1

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRISONS AT NATIONAL LEVEL HAS

INCREASED FROM 1,339 IN 2018 TO 1,350 IN 2019,
HAVING INCREASED BY 0.82%
  ACCORDING TO THE PRISON STATISTICS INDIA
REPORT BY THE NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU
(NCRB), INDIA’S PRISONS ARE OVERCROWDED WITH AN
OCCUPANCY RATIO OF 14% MORE THAN THE CAPACITY.
 MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE INMATES
ARE UNDERTRIALS.

 THE PRISONS ARE OVERCROWDED BY 77.9% IN

MEGHALAYA, BY 68.8% IN UTTAR PRADESH AND BY
39.8% IN MADHYA PRADESH.
 IN ABSOLUTE NUMBERS, UP HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER
OF UNDERTRIALS (62,669), FOLLOWED BY BIHAR
(23,424) AND MAHARASHTRA (21,667).
 IN BIHAR, 82% OF PRISONERS WERE UNDERTRIALS,
THE HIGHEST AMONG STATES.

 THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2019-20

FOR ALL PRISONS IN THE COUNTRY WAS 6818.1 CRORE.

 THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE WAS 5958.3 CRORE WHICH

IS 87.39% OF TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET FOR FY 2019-20.

 A TOTAL OF 2060.96 CRORE WAS SPENT ON

INMATES DURING FY 2019-20.
 THIS IS ALMOST 34.59% OF TOTAL ANNUAL
EXPENDITURE OF ALL PRISONS FOR FY 2019-20.

WOMEN PRISONERS WITH CHILDREN

 THERE WERE 1,543 WOMEN PRISONERS WITH 1,779

CHILDREN AS ON 31ST DECEMBER, 2019.

REFERENCE:.

 www.wikipedia.org
 www.ncrb.gov.in
 www.statista.com
 HIGH COURTS

AIM:
COURT HOUSES ARE A DESTINATION FOR THE WELL
BEING OF JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN OUR COUNTRY AND PLAY A
VITAL ROLE IN THE WELL BEING OF THE SOCIETY.IT
ENSURES WEATHER THE CIVIL CODE OF THE COUNTRY IS
FOLLOWED OR VIOLATED AND MAINTAINS SOCIAL JUSTICE
OVERALL.
THE AIM OF DESIGNING A HIGHCOURT AS A THESIS
TOPIC IS TO HELP ACHIEVE GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE
DESIGN PROCESS AND THE WORKING OF THE JUDICIAL WING
OF OUR COUNTRY. DESIGNING SPACES IN BLEND WITH THE
CURRENT DAY SCENARIO AND REACHING UP TO THE STANDARD
OF EXPECTATION AND WITH BEST IN CLASS AMENITIES AND
STANDARDS AND SATISFY THE USER INTERFACE IS THE
ULTIMATE GOAL.

OBJECTIVE:
TO DESIGN AN INTERESTING,FUNCTIONAL AND
ACCESSIBLE COURT COMPLEX BY UNDERSTANDING THE USER
NEEDS AND WORK-FLOW OF THE SYSTEM AND ENSURE EVERY
ASPECT IS WELL ATTENDED AND DEALT WITH FRAGILE
IMPORTANCE. THE DESIGNER HENCE IS REQUIRED TO
RESPOND.WITH HIS ARCHITECTURE,TO ITS ADDED DIMENTION
ALSO,ALONG WITH ALL THE ASPECTS OF SITE,CONTEXT AND
FUNCTION.
COURTHOUSES ARE IDENTIFIED AS TWO-FACED
COMPLEXES.ONE FACE WITH COMPLETE PRIVACY WITH ALMOST
NO PUBLIC INTERACTION,WHILE THE OTHER HAS ABSOLUTE
PUBLIC INTERFEACE. SECUTITY IS ONE PRIMARY CONCERN
WHICH HAS TO BE DEALT WITH SENSITIVELY,GIVEN THE
HIGH PROFILE IN THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT.
CONSIDERING THE NATURE OF THE PROJECT AND THE
SOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF THE FUNCTION A HIGHCOURT
COMPLEX HAS A POTENTIAL TO BE AN ARCHITECTURAL ICON
AND STILL MAINTAIN ITS SOCIAL RELEVENCE.
HUMANITERIAN IDEAS LIKE SOCIAL EQUALITY,
AWARNESS AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES CAN BE WELL REFELCTED
IN THE DESIGN CONSIDERING THIS AS AN ASSET IN
ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTIONS. THE PROJECT TRIES TO
EXPLORE NEW ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGY AND VOCABULARY OF
THE BUILDING SCHEME.

ADMIN/COURTROOM
BLOCK(SEMI-PUBLIC)
 COURTROOMS.
 RECORD ROOMS.
 ADMIN OFFICE.
 SECTION ROOM.
PUBLIC BLOCK(PUBLIC)

JUDGES BLOCK(PRIVATE) LAWYERS  RECEPTION

 JUDGES CHAMBERS BLOCK(SEMI-PUBLIC)  NOTARY

 LIBRARY  LIBRARY  PUBLIC LIBRARY

 CAFE  BAR COUNCIL  CAFE

 LOUNGE ROOM  LEGAL AID CELL

 MEETING ROOMS  CAFE  PUBLIC UTILITY

 PRIVATE PARKING  LAWYER PARKING  PUBLIC PARKING

SCOPE:
CONSIDERING THE PRESENT SCENERIO OF THE COURTS
MOST OF THEM DO NOT MEET THE EXPECTATIONS AND
STANDARDS OF THE USER,ALSO SINCE MOST OF THE COURT
COMPLEXES ARE NOT SPECIFICALLLY DESIGNED FOR COURTS
AND ARE ALLOCATED LATER WITH GROWING NEED IS ONE OF
THE MAJOR FACTORS IN OUR COUNTRY TO GIVE SCOPE IN
DESIGNING THE PROJECT.
WITH GROWING CASES THERE IS DEFINATELY A NEED TO
BUILD NEW COURTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND PROVIDES
A VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITY WITH NEW STATES COMING UP
HAS INVKOKED THE SCOPE OF DESIGN MORE THAN EVER AND
WILL HAVE A GOOD SCOPE IN NEAR FUTURE.
DERIVING THE KNOWLEDGE OF DESIGNING A COURT
COMPLEX IS A UNIQUE YET INTERESTING ASPECT WHERE THE
DESIGN PROCESS CAN BE TAKEN A GREAT CHALLENGE.
COURT HOUSES PRESERVE THE COURTESY OF THE
COUNTRY AND HENCE IS A VERY IMPORTANT AND LEGITIMATE
SUJECT WHICH INVOLVES BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE
FOCUS DISTINCTIVELY YET DESIGN THEM IN A WAY THAT
BLENDS INTO SYSTEM AND FIGHT FOR THEIR STAND OVER
EACHOTHER.

METHODOLOGY:
 CASE STUDIES
 SITE ANALYSIS
 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
 DESIGN
STATISTICS:

 SUPREME COURT IS THE HIGHEST COURT IN COUNTRY.

 THERE ARE 25 HIGH COURTS IN INDIA AND THERE IS
ONLY ONE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE AND IS THE
HIGHEST COURT IN A STATE,SOME STATES LIKE GOA,
ARUNACHAL PRADESH, MIZORAM AND NAGALAND DOES NOT
HAVE ITS OWN HIGH COURT..
 THERE ARE 672 DISTRICT AND MANY SUBORDINATE COURTS
IN INDIA ,EACH STATE HAS ITS OWN NUMBER DEPENDING
ON THE PENDECY OF THE STATE.

 TOTAL NUMBER OF PENDING CASES IN HIGHCOURTS COURTS

OF INDIA AS OF JUNE 8TH 2021-5833546 CASES

 TOTAL NUMBER OF PENDING CASES IN DISTRICT AND

SUBRODINATE COURTS OF INDIA AS OF JUNE 8TH 2021-
38695500 CASES
 TOTAL NUMBER OF DISPOSED CASES IN HIGHCOURTS
COURTS OF INDIA AS OF JUNE 8TH 2021-30991566 CASES
 TOTAL NUMBER OF DISPOSED CASES IN DISTRICT AND
SUBRODINATE COURTS OF INDIA AS OF JUNE 8TH 2021-
107193639 CASES
EACH HIGH COURT HAS DIFFERENT NUMBER OF
BENCHES(SEATS)DEPENDING ON THE STATE,THE FOLLOWING
ARE THE OCCUPENCIES AND VACANCIES AS OF JUNE 1ST 2021

 INDIA HAS 18 JUDGES PER 10LAKH PEOPLE.

REFERENCES:
 www.sci.gov.in
 www.njdg.ecourts.gov.in
 www.wikipedia.org
 LAW SCHOOLS

AIM:
THE LAW SCHOOLS ARE A BOON TO THE SOCIETY ,THEY
BREED LEADERS WHO GUIDE US THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF
THE CRIME FILLED SOCIETY AND HELP US ATTAIN JUSTICE
THROUGH THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLIGENCE.
LAW SCHOOLS ARE A VARIED SUBJECT COMPARED TO
OTHER INSTITUTIONAL DESIGNS,IT NEEDS GREATER CARE
AND UNDERSTANDING TO GO WITH THE DESIGN PROCESS.
ULTIMATELY THE MAIN FOCUS IS TO DESIGN A WELL
FUNCTIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE LAW SCHOOL WITH GOOD
AMENITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A FUTURISTIC
APPROACH AND SUSTAINABLE TERMS.

OBJECTIVE:
TO DESIGN AN INTERESTING AND FUNCTIONAL LAW
SCHOOL WITH GOOD APPROACH TO THE FUTURE AND SELF
FUNCTIONAL MAKING THE PROJECT A VALUABLE ASSET TO
THE USERS.
LAW SCHOOL DESIGN REQUIRES A DIFFERENT APPROACH
OF STUDY COMPARED TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND SHOULD
BE SENSITIVELY DEALT.
THEY PREFER LIBRARIES AND COURTROOM DEMO VERY
IMPORTANT SPACES COMPARED CLASSROOMS/LECTURE HALLS
WHERE THEY GAIN ABUNDANT KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL
EXPOSURE TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
SCOPE:
LAW SCHOOLS ARE THE FUTURE,HAVING GAINING IN
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE VARIED SPREAMS OF PROFESSIONS
AVAILABLE IN THE SOCIETY
MANY PEOPLE SEEM TO SHOW INTEREST TOWARDS THIS
PROFESSION AND GRADUALLY INCREASES THE NEED TO
DESIGN MORE AND MORE LAW CAMPUSES TO OFFER THEM
VALUED EDUCATION.

STATISTICS:
THERE ARE 23 NATIONAL LAW SCHOOLS IN INDIA
WHICH ARE DEEMED AS THE BEST UNIVERSITIES TO PERSUE
LLB.THEY ARE

1. National Law School of India

University, Bangalore
2. NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
3. The West Bengal National University of Juridical
Sciences, Kolkata
4. National Law Institute University, Bhopal
5. National Law University, Jodhpur, Jodhpur
6. Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
7. Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur
8. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law
University, Lucknow
9. Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala
10. National Law University and Judicial Academy,
Assam, Guwahati
11. National Law University Odisha, Cuttack
12. National University of Advanced Legal
Studies, Kochi
13. Chanakya National Law University, Patna
14. National Law University, Delhi
15. Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law
University, Vishakhapatnam
16. National University of Study and Research in
Law, Ranchi
17. Tamil Nadu National Law University, Trichy
18. Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai
19. Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
20. Maharashtra National Law University,
Aurangabad
21. Himachal Pradesh National Law University,
Shimla
22. Dharmashastra National Law University,
Jabalpur
23. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University,
Sonipat