TMI Blog2020 (3) TMI 1264X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ideration by the appropriate courts and the said petitions shall be decided in accordance with law. Petition disposed off. - W.P.(C) 2945/2020 - - - Dated:- 23-3-2020 - Ms. Hima Kohli And Mr. Subramonium Prasad, JJ. Mr. Anurag Ahluwalia, CGSC with Mr. Abhigyan Siddhant, Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Mr. Chaitanya Gosain, For The Respondent. ORDER CM APPL. 10238/2020 (exemption) Allowed, subject to just exceptions. W.P.(C) 2945/2020 1. The present PIL seeks directions to the respondent No.1/Ministry of Law and Justice, respondent No.2/Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, respondent No.3/Chief Secretary, GNCTD, respondents No.4 and 5/Delhi Police and the respondent No.6/Lieutenant Governor, GNCTD, to take steps to temporaril ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of Covid-19 virus in prisons across India and for the said purpose, has called upon all the Chief Secretaries/Administrators, Home Secretaries, Director Generals of all Prisons and Departments of Social Welfare of all the States and Union Territories to explain the steps being taken by them to deal with the health crisis arising out of Covid-19 and the immediate measures proposed to be adopted for medical assistance to prisoners in jail and juveniles lodged in Remand Homes, for protecting their health and welfare. A perusal of the order dated 16.03.2020, passed in the said petition shows that it is listed before the Supreme Court today itself for further consideration. 4. Since the Supreme Court is already seized of the matter and is ex ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... of epidemic, natural disaster or any other situations or circumstances, which warrant immediate easing of population of the inmates in the prison and in order to secure the interests of inmates, the prison administration and the society at large. 7. Learned counsel also states that in respect of the under trial prisoners (UTPs), who are booked in only 1 case in which the maximum sentence is 7 years or less and who have completed minimum 3 months in jail, it is proposed that they shall be granted interim bail for 45 days upon a request made by them, preferably on a personal bond. However, the mechanism in respect of the same has yet to be formalized by the concerned authorities. 8. In view of the submissions made by learned counsel for ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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