Delhi High Court seeks response from Centre, Delhi govt in PIL to temporarily release inmates from jails to control COVID-19 spread

Highlighting that the present COVID-19 wave was more dangerous and spread faster, the Petitioners have stated that overcrowding was an endemic crisis of its own in prisons.

Tihar Jail

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The Delhi High Court today issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking temporary release of inmates from jails in the city in the wake of COVID-19 crisis. (Shobha Gupta vs UOI &Ors)

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