Bombay HC Takes Cognisance of Covid-19 Surge In Prisons

High Court on its own motion Vs State of Maharashtra and Ors. (Bombay High Court) FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER of BOMBAY HIGH COURT This Suo Motu Public Interest Litigation is initiated Re: the rise in COVID-19 Virus cases in March-April 2021 in the prisons in the State of Maharashtra. 2. Newspaper reports, more particularly, Hindustan Times dated 16 April 2021(Annexure 1) and Free Press Journal dated 16 April 2021 (Annexure 2), have highlighted an alarming rise in the COVID-19 cases in the last few days in the prisons in the State of Maharashtra. It is reported that almost two hundred pris...