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The Supreme Court of India has passed many judgments and orders in the matters related to COVID-19, in the year 2020. In this write-up, the important pronouncements are briefly discussed.
CONSTITUTION OF HIGH-POWERED COMMITTEE IN EACH STATE/UNION TERRITORY FOR RELEASE OF PRISONERS ON PAROLE OR INTERIM BAIL.
A Bench comprising the Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Surya Kant directed that prisons must ensure maximum possible distancing among the prisoners including undertrials. The bench also took into consideration the possibility of outside transmission and directed that the physical presence of all the undertrial prisoners before the Courts must be stopped forthwith and recourse to video conferencing must be taken for all purposes. The bench also directed that the transfer of prisoners from one prison to another for routine reasons must not be resorted except for decongestion to ensure social distancing and medical assistance to an ill prisoner and there should not be any delay in shifting sick person to a Nodal Medical Institution in case of any possibility of infection is seen. The bench further directed that each State/Union Territory shall constitute a High-Powered Committee comprising of Chairman of the State Legal Services Committee, the Principal Secretary (Home/Prison), Director General of Prison(s), to determine which class of prisoners can be released on parole or an interim bail for such period as may be thought appropriate. The bench suggested that each State/Union Territory could consider the release of prisoners who have been convicted or are undertrial for offences for which prescribed punishment is up to 7 years or less, with or without fine and the prisoner has been convicted for a lesser number of years than the maximum.
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