{"id":59096,"date":"2020-03-18T14:27:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T08:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59096"},"modified":"2020-03-18T14:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T08:57:52","slug":"covid-19-pandemic-sc-takes-suo-moto-cognisance-of-overcrowding-of-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/covid-19-pandemic-sc-takes-suo-moto-cognisance-of-overcrowding-of-prisons","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 pandemic: SC takes suo moto cognisance of overcrowding of prisons."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59104\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/covid-19-pandemic-sc-takes-suo-moto-cognisance-of-overcrowding-of-prisons\/covid-19-pandemic\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"COVID-19 pandemic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59104\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-pandemic.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of overcrowding and infrastructure of prisons across the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and L N Rao issued a notice to the Director General, Prison, and chief secretary of all states and union territories seeking their response by March 20 on steps taken for prevention of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The court also asked all states and union territories to depute an officer on March 23 who could assist the court in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The bench also took suo moto cognisance of conditions in remand homes where juveniles in conflict with law are lodged.<\/p>\n<p>It observed that some states have taken steps for the pandemic but there are some states which have not taken appropriate measures.<\/p>\n<p>The court also cautioned that mass gathering is a big problem and it can become a centre for the spread of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The court also said it will issue reasons on why it has taken suo moto cognisance of the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to formulate some guidelines, and directions should be issued with respect to overcrowding of prisons in wake of coronavirus,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 110 on Sunday, with Maharashtra reporting the highest followed by Kerala.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Union Health Ministry, there are 110 cases in India so far, including two people who died in Delhi and Karnataka and 17 foreigners. 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