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2023 Supreme(SC) 269

M. R. SHAH, C. T. RAVIKUMAR
In Re: Contagion of Covid-19 Virus in Prisons And Director General (Prisons) – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Parties : By Courts Motion, AOR Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Krishnanand Pandeya, AOR Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Dr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Thakur, Adv. Mr. Keshav Baheti, Adv. Mr. Chandra Pratap, Adv. Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Anupam Raina, AOR Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv. Mr. Irshad Ahmad, AOR Mr. G M Kawoosa, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Ms. Palak Mittal, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Sabharwal, Adv. Mr. Akshay Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Harmeet Singh Ruprah, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. K. Rajeev, AOR Mr. Maibam Nabaghanashyam Singh, AOR Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR Ms. Supriya Juneja, AOR Mr. P. S. Sudheer, AOR Mr. Sandeep Singh, AOR Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Ashok Anand, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Bipin Bihari Singh, Adv. Mr. Rajan Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Mukul Dev Mishra, Adv. Ms. Mukti Chowdhary, AOR Mr. Kanhaiya Singhal, AOR Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR Mrs. Taruna Singh Gohil, AOR Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. T Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Ms. Niti Richhariya, Adv. Mr. Kv Girish Chowdary, Adv. Mr. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Rishi Malhotra, AOR Mr. Jaydip Pati, Adv. M/S. Lambat & Legiteam, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Priyanshu Malik, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. S. C. Verma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Devashish Tiwari, Adv. Mr. Santosh Kumar - I, AOR M/S. Arputham Aruna And Co, AOR Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv. Vinay Arora, AOR Ms. Bansuri Swaraj, A.A.G. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Ms. Binu Tamta, AOR Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Aravindh.s, Adv. Ms. Uma Bhuvaneswari.c, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Applicant-in-person, AOR Mr. Nikhil Goel, AOR Mr. Sibo Sankar Mishra, AOR Mr. Debabrata Dash, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Sharma, Adv. Ms. Garima Prasad, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Vishnu Shankar Jain, AOR Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR Mrs. Ankita Choudhary, D.A.G. Mr. Anoop Prakash Awasthi, AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Sai Shashank, Adv. Mr. S. Thananjayan, AOR Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman, AOR Mr. Malak Manish Bhatt, AOR Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR M/S. Parekh & Co., AOR Mr. Gaurav Agrawal, AOR Mr. Vivek Narayan Sharma, AOR Mrs. Mahima Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Laksha Bhavnani, Adv. Mr. Shubham Awasthi, Adv. Mr. Pranshu Kausha, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Jha, Adv. Mr. Ram Kumar, Adv. Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Mr. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha, AOR Ms. Ashmita Bisarya, Adv. Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Mr. Shobhit Dwivedi, Adv. Ms. Vaidehi Rastogi, Adv. Ms. Sujata Kurdukar, AOR Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR Mr. Prasanna S., AOR

JUDGMENT :

M. R. Shah, J.

1. Present application has been preferred by the Director General (Prisons), New Delhi seeking appropriate directions from this Court for surrender of prisoners/inmates who had been released on Emergency Parole or interim bail pursuant to the recommendations of the High-Powered Committee, in compliance with the Orders dated 23.03.2020, 07.05.2021 and 16.07.2021 passed by this Court in Suo Moto Writ Petition No.01/2020, as the COVID-19 situation has now normalized.

2. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned ASG appearing on behalf of the applicant has submitted that this Court in Suo Moto Writ Petition No.01/2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus among prisoners in over-crowded prisons passed an Order dated 23.03.2020 directing each State/Union Territory to constitute the High-Powered Committee to determine the class of prisoners who could be released on Parole or on interim bail on such conditions, as may be determined by the High-Powered Committee.

2.1 It is submitted that in compliance with the order dated 23.03.2020 passed by this Court a High-Powered Committee was constituted in Delhi to determine the category of prisoners i.e. convicts and under-trial prisoner


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