New Delhi: Taking note of an “unprecedented surge” in Covid-19 cases in the second wave of the pandemic in India, the Supreme Court on Saturday passed directions for decongestion of prisons.
A supreme court bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices L Nageswara Rao and Surya Kant said that all those prisoners who were allowed to go out on bail in March last year by the high-powered committees of states and Union Territories (UTs), set up following the apex court’s order, be granted the same relief without reconsideration by HPCs to avoid delay.
Supreme court further directs….
- Orders release of prisoners who were granted bail in March last year to decongest jails amid pandemic.
- Directs that prisoners who were granted parole last year should again be given a 90-day furlough in order to tide over pandemic.
- Asked authorities not to arrest mechanically in cases where the maximum sentence is up to seven years of jail term.
- Directed the high-powered committees to consider the release of fresh prisoners by adopting the guidelines of the National Legal Services Authority on the issue.
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