SC seeks response of Centre, 18 states on NALSA PIL for release of old and terminally ill prisoners | Latest News India
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and 18 states, including Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, on a plea of the National Legal Services Authority to release on bail a group of prisoners who are terminally ill or above 70 years of age. SC seeks response of Centre, 18 states on NALSA PIL for release of old and terminally ill prisoners These prisoners, who have not come to the top court against denial of bail, require special care but it may not be possible for jail authorities to provide in view of the overcrowding in prisons, the plea said. A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of the submissions of lawyer Rashmi Nandakumar, appearing for NALSA, and issued notices to the Centre and the states. NALSA, in its PIL, said that these elderly and terminally ill prisoners are incarcerated in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha. …


