: Revise criteria to release prisoners on bail, parole during pandemic: Health professionals to CJI #IndiaNEWS As many as 45 non-government organisations and 187 professionals from healthcare and allied

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Revise criteria to release prisoners on bail, parole during pandemic: Health professionals to CJI #IndiaNEWS
As many as 45 non-government organisations and 187 professionals from healthcare and allied sectors on Monday wrote to the chief justice of India, the chief justices of all High Courts and other legal authorities, urging them to take steps to safeguard the interests of prisoners amid the coronavirus pandemic.They demanded that authorities modify the criteria used for granting bail or parole to prisoners in order to decongest jails during the pandemic. The signatories welcomed the Supreme Court order in March 2020 that directed states and Union Territories to consider releasing prisoners or undertrials on parole or interim bail if they are accused of offences entailing up to seven years in prison. The court had also asked states and Union Territories to set up high-level committees for this purpose.Monday’s letter noted that these committees decide on granting relief to the prisoners on the based on the nature of their offence and the number of years of imprisonment. They do not take into account the prisoner’s age, health status or comorbidities related to Covid-19, the signatories said.More than 61,000 prisoners were released during the first wave of the coronavirus to decongest jails, but that only reduced the occupancy in jails by 15.4%, the signatories said. “Additionally, this was inadequate...Read more

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