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2020 Supreme(SC) 797

S. A. BOBDE, L. NAGESWARA RAO, SURYA KANT
IN RE : CONTAGION OF COVID 19 VIRUS IN PRISONS – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG, Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv., Mr. Ankur Talwar, Adv., Mr. G.S. Makkar, Adv., Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv., Mr. B.V. Balaram Das, AOR, Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv. (Amicus Curiae), Dr. Monika Gusain, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Goel, AOR, Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv., Mr. Vishal Prasad, Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. With, Mr. Ajay Chaudhuri, Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, Adv. Mr Narendra Kumar, AOR, Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR, Mr. Vishal Meghwal, Adv., Mr. Jayanth Muthraj, Sr. Adv./AAG, Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR, Mr. S. Raja Rajeshwaran, Adv., Mr. Arun R. Pednekar, Adv., Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv., Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, Ms. Ashima Mandla, Adv., Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR, Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv., Mr. Vishal Tiwari, PIP, Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR, Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv., Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv., Ms. G. Indira, Mr. Sachin Patil, Mr. Geo Joseph, Ms. Bansuri, AAG, Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR, Mr. Jagjit Singh, IG Prisons (Haryana), Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv., Mr. Prashant Tyagi, Adv., Mr. P. Srinivas Reddy, Adv. For M/s. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR, Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR, Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv., Mr. Ahinav Sekhri, Adv., Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR, Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv., Mr. Hussain Mueen Farooq, Adv., Ms. Manju Jetley, AOR, Mohd. Kamran Khan, Adv., Ms. Sudha, Adv., Mr. Ajeet Kumar Sharma, Adv., Mr. Vikas Mahjan, AAG, Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR, Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR, Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv., Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR, Mr. Keshav Mohan, Adv., Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR, Mr. A.P. Mayee, AOR, Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Mr. G. Prakash, AOR, Ms. Garima Prashad, AOR, Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, AOR, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR, Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR, Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR, Mr. Vinay Arora, AOR, Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR

ORDER :

SUO MOTU WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.1/2020

1. By an order dated 16.03.2020, this Court had issued notice to all the States and Union Territories, to show cause why directions should not be issued for dealing with the present health crisis arising out of Corona virus (COVID-19) with regard to Prisons and Remand Homes. Several States and UTs have filed their responses detailing measures and initiatives taken while dealing with Corona virus (COVID-19) in respect of persons detained in Prisons and Remand Homes.

2. States of Gujarat, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha and UTs of Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Puducherry have not filed their responses. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and UT of Jammu & Kashmir, though have filed their responses with regard to the measures taken for prisons but have not submitted their response in relation to measures taken for juveniles in Remand Homes.

3. An overview of the responses reflects that considerable measures for protection of health and welfare of the prisoners to restrict the transmission of COVID-19 have been taken by the State Governments. These


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