Social Activist Medha Patekar moved Supreme Court seeking direction to formulate uniform policies to release prisoners above 70 years of age.

The states and Union territory have no uniform policy to decongest prisoners after CJI N.V Ramana led bench had directed high-powered committees to release prisoners on parole considering the guidelines last year. The directions were given after assessing the second wave of covid 19 in India and the overcrowding of jails. The plea relied on the report of World Health […]