[BREAKING] Supreme Court orders immediate release of all prisoners who were released last year to prevent COVID-19 spread #SupremeCourt #COVID19

Report by @DebayonRoy
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Besides such prisoners, the High Powered Committees should also consider the fresh release of prisoners by adopting guidelines including standard operating procedures and guidelines laid down by National Legal Services Authority, at the earliest.
Those States which have not constituted High Powered Committees last year should do so immediately, a special Bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justices L Nageswara Rao and Surya Kant added.
It further directed that those inmates who were granted parole, pursuant to the Court’s earlier orders, should be again granted a parole for a period of 90 days in order to tide over the pandemic.

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