decongestion of jails

[COVID-19] Need uniform guidelines for States/ UTs on release of prisoners; Supreme Court calls for report on norms followed for release
[COVID-19] Madras High Court directs State to upload decisions of High-Powered Committee online, permit lawyers to interact with clients in Jail
Undertrial cannot be equated with convicts for grant of parole to prevent over-crowding in jails: Uttarakhand prisoner moves Supreme Court
[COVID-19 second wave] Grant interim bail/ parole to prisoners in jail: UP Bar Council writes to Allahabad High Court Acting Chief Justice
A Crisis in the Making: From De-congestion to Re-Congestion in Prisons
Delhi High Court seeks govt stand on PIL to release undertrials who have undergone half of maximum punishment
Kerala High Court dismisses petitions challenging GO for return of prisoners released on parole amid COVID-19 [Read Judgment]
Harsh realities not considered: Kerala High Court hears plea challenging GO for return of prisoners released on parole amid COVID-19
High Powered Committee to direct return of on-parole prisoners released from jail amid COVID-19 without delay: State tells Kerala High Court
[COVID-19] High Powered Committee will decide on return of on-parole prisoners: State informs Kerala High Court
Kerala High Court extends stay on direction requiring on-parole prisoners to return to prisons amid COVID-19
Kerala High Court seeks State response on preparedness to receive prisoners returning from parole amid COVID-19
Interim bail to 3,337 Delhi undertrials extended for 30 days; to surrender from December 2020 onwards: High Powered Committee
Allahabad High Court issues notice in PIL seeking decongestion of prisons in the State in light of increase in COVID-19 cases
Karnataka HC questions State on COVID-19 testing and prevention facilities for prisoners, number of positive cases in prisons
Prison in a very sorry state of affairs: Bombay HC takes note of low COVID-19 test rate, insufficient space for quarantine in prisons
Submit report on pendency of temporary bail applications filed in the wake of COVID-19: Bombay HC to Principal District & Sessions Judges
[Sunday Hearing] Rajasthan HC issues directions to guard against COVID-19 spread in prisons; Report to be filed on state of prisons
About 50% of prisoners to be released to decongest Maharashtra Jails amid COVID-19: State High Powered Committee
Four prisoners move SC against Maharashtra Govt for contempt of court citing failure to implement order to decongest prisons amid COVID-19
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