Senior Advocate Siddharth Aggarwal was named amicus curiae in the case.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday started suo moto proceedings for effective monitoring and execution of laws governing remission and premature release of convicts in Delhi [Court on its own Motion Vs State Govt of NCT of Delhi and Ors].
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela today appointed Senior Advocate Siddharth Aggarwal as amicus curiae to help the Court in the case.
The High Court today ordered the Delhi government's Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to file an affidavit in three weeks outlining the current policies of the State regarding remission and premature release of prisoners.
It further ordered that all the ancillary circulars, government orders, rules, regulations or statutory provisions should also be brought on record.
“We have to supervise and monitor the implementation of the policies. First of all, we need to know what are the rules and how are you implementing it. For this reason, we will select an amicus to point out if there are any loopholes that can be remedied by you,” the Court observed.
The matter will be tried again on January 13 next year.
The proceedings were initiated following a direction issued by the Supreme Court in a case titled 'In Re Policy Strategy for Grant of Bail'
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