Release of undertrial prisoners: SC urged to reconsider decision against IHC ruling.

ISLAMABAD -- Senior lawyer Khawaja Haris urged the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday to reconsider its decision of revoking an earlier court ruling that granted bail to low-risk, undertrial prisoners during coronavirus pandemic.

In a set of recommendations submitted to the apex court today, Haris said that the Islamabad High Court announced the verdict in line with the law due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

He said that it is imperative that measures are taken to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Shedding light on the IHC decision, the legal practitioner said that a high court can grant bail to undertrial prisoners under extraordinary circumstances such as the prevailing one.

Haris said that the IHC verdict was not an impediment in the functioning of the executive branch of the government and the apex court should not declare it null and void, considering the pandemic.

'Until crime is proven the suspect is considered an innocent,' he said.

Last week, the Supreme Court suspended orders issued by the high courts relating to the...