Gauhati HC seeks data on number of children in prisons in Assam
The court also seeks to know the measures taken by jail authorities to contain the spread of COVID
The Gauhati High Court has revived the suo moto case filed last year in the light of COVID pandemic and has sought details on number of children in prisons across the state. The suo moto petition was registered in July 2020 to check the rate of COVID infection in prisons across the state.
On April 29, the bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak directed the state government to inform the court on the number of jails, the inmates in these jail and number of inmates infected by COVID as also the measures taken by jail authorities in this regard.
As per the information provided to the court it came to light that out of total 1303 inmates in central Jail Guwahati, four are children and there are children in other jails as well such as Tezpur, Silchar, Nagaon, Kokrajhar, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Karimganj, North Lakhimpur, Sivasagar, Dhemaji, Udalguri and Special Jail, Nagaon. The court has sought to know the details on the number of children in the rest of the prisons in the state.
The case will be next heard on May 11.
The order may be read here:
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Gauhati HC seeks data on number of children in prisons in Assam
The court also seeks to know the measures taken by jail authorities to contain the spread of COVID
The Gauhati High Court has revived the suo moto case filed last year in the light of COVID pandemic and has sought details on number of children in prisons across the state. The suo moto petition was registered in July 2020 to check the rate of COVID infection in prisons across the state.
On April 29, the bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak directed the state government to inform the court on the number of jails, the inmates in these jail and number of inmates infected by COVID as also the measures taken by jail authorities in this regard.
As per the information provided to the court it came to light that out of total 1303 inmates in central Jail Guwahati, four are children and there are children in other jails as well such as Tezpur, Silchar, Nagaon, Kokrajhar, Goalpara, Hailakandi, Karimganj, North Lakhimpur, Sivasagar, Dhemaji, Udalguri and Special Jail, Nagaon. The court has sought to know the details on the number of children in the rest of the prisons in the state.
The case will be next heard on May 11.
The order may be read here:
Related:
Uttar Pradesh O2 crisis: FIR against Lucknow hospital for putting up shortage notice
Delhi HC directs tele calling, video calls, Covid vaccination for Tihar jail inmates
Hardly scope for getting first dose of vaccine: K’taka HC on vaccine shortage
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