COVID-19 Pandemic: SC Takes Suo Moto Cognisance of Overcrowding of Prisons
A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and L N Rao issued a notice to the Director-General, Prison, and chief secretary of all states and union territories and sought their response by March 20 on steps taken in the wake of COVID-19.
Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of overcrowding and infrastructure of prisons across the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and L N Rao issued a notice to the Director-General, Prison, and chief secretary of all states and union territories and sought their response by March 20 on steps taken in the wake of COVID-19.
The court also asked all states and union territories to depute an officer on March 23 who could assist the court in the matter.
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