Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 558 · Decided 22 September 2020
National Alliance for People’s Movements & ORS. v. The State of Maharashtra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 558 · [2020] 8 S.C.R. 997
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 4116/2020
- Decided
- 22 September 2020
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, A.S. BOPANNA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC; Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Headnote
Prisoners - Pandemic - Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) - Decongestion of prisons - The Supreme Court had taken note of the pandemic situation and registered a Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1/2020 and also referred to the decision taken by the government of India to issue an advisory regarding social distancing - The Court directed that each State/Union Territory shall constitute a High Powered Committee (HPC), to determine which class of prisoners can be released on parole or an interim
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