May 21, 2021
The High Powered Committee constituted for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on Monday (May 17) passed a slew of directions for the release of
jail inmates except those involved in militancy-related cases and other serious crimes to decongest the prisons in the Union Territory of J&K.
The Committed is headed by Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Executive Chairman, J&K Legal Services Authority. Mr. Shaleen Kabra, Principal Secretary,
Home Department, Dr. B. Srinivas, DGP (Prisons) are its members.