Odisha: 48 inmates of Berhampur Circle jail test positive for Covid-19
Odisha: 48 inmates of Berhampur Circle jail test positive for Covid-19
At least 48 inmates at Odisha s Berhampur Circle jail tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. All infected inmates are being treated at the prison s newly constructed Covid Care Centre.
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File photo of the Berhampur Circle jail in Odisha (Picture Credits: Mohammad Suffian/ India Today)
The Berhampur Circle jail is reeling under a massive outbreak of Covid-19 with at least 48 prisoners testing positive on Friday. All infected people have been moved to the newly built 100-bed Covid Care Centre on the jail grounds and are undergoing treatment there.
Tarigami Demands Release Of Political Detainees
SRINAGAR: CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on tuesday said that Kashmiri political prisoners lodged in various jails within and outside the Valley must be released as unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases across the country has put their lives in congested jails at risk.
In a statement issued here he said,
“Supreme Court recently directed the high-powered committees to consider release of fresh prisoners by adopting the guidelines of the National Legal Services Authority on the issue to decongest jails.”
“Hundreds of Kashmiri prisoners, including some teenagers are languishing in jails within and outside J&K for years now. Some of them are behind the bars for years together and their cases need to be reviewed in the light of Supreme Court directions.”
NEW DELHI: Taking note of an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, the Supreme Court on Saturday passed directions for decongestion of prisons and ordered forthwith release of all those prisoners who were granted bail or parole last year in view of the pandemic.
A 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.
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A 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 UTs, set up following the apex court s order, be granted the same relief without reconsideration by HPCs to avoid delay.
Referring to a judgement, the top court asked authorities not to arrest mechanically in cases where the maximum sentence is up to seven years of jail term.
Taking note of an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Supreme Court on Saturday passed directions for decongestion of prisons and ordered forthwith release of all those prisoners who were granted bail or parole last year in view of the pandemic. A 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
Taking note of an "unprecedented surge" in Covid cases, the Supreme Court today passed directions for decongestion of prisons and ordered forthwith release of all those prisoners who were granted bail or parole last year in view of the pandemic.