https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=397286 The Delhi High Court upheld the High Powered Committee's COVID-19 prison-release policy excluding persons facing economic offence, PMLA and specialised-agency cases from interim bail or parole consideration. The Court treated the exclusion as a class-based decision made on objective factors such as the nature and severity of the offence, not as an unconstitutional deprivation of liberty. It held that the Committee's minutes did not override the Code of Criminal Procedure, because regular or interim bail remedies before the competent court remained available on merits. The challenge under Articles 14 and 21 therefore failed, and the prayer to quash the minutes was declined. en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:57:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=397286 The Delhi High Court upheld the High Powered Committee's COVID-19 prison-release policy excluding persons facing economic offence, PMLA and specialised-agency cases from interim bail or parole consideration. The Court treated the exclusion as a class-based decision made on objective factors such as the nature and severity of the offence, not as an unconstitutional deprivation of liberty. It held that the Committee's minutes did not override the Code of Criminal Procedure, because regular or interim bail remedies before the competent court remained available on merits. The challenge under Articles 14 and 21 therefore failed, and the prayer to quash the minutes was declined. Case-Laws Money Laundering Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=397286