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The country’s overcrowded prisons are in danger of becoming major hotspots for the spread of the disease.
As the second wave of the pandemic rages across India, the country’s overcrowded prisons are in danger of becoming major hotspots for the spread of the disease. Dozens of political prisoners, mainly civil rights activists, continue to languish in prison indefinitely with no possibility of their trials commencing any time soon.
Here we discuss the issue of overcrowded prisons during the pandemic.
Guests: Sanjay Hegde, is a Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India;
V. Suresh, is a National General Secretary for the People’ Union for Civil Liberties.
The courts are increasingly intervening in matters without providing sound legal reasoning
On January 12, 2021, the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of three controversial farm laws passed in September 2020 and ordered the constitution of a committee of experts to negotiate between the farmers’ bodies and the Government of India. Rather than deliberating on the constitutionality of the three laws, the court appears to be trying to move some of the parties towards a political settlement. Arguably, in doing so, it is wading into the domain of the government.
Has the court in this case abdicated its constitutional duty mandated by the Constitution and is this a growing trend? Anuj Bhuwania (a Professor at the Jindal Global Law School and author of