India, Dec. 11 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday initiated suo moto proceedings to monitor and supervise the implementation of policies concerning remission and premature release of convicts in the national capital.

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela initiated the proceedings following the Supreme Court's November 4 directive instructing the chief justice of all high courts to register suo motu writ petitions and form benches to oversee the implementation of their respective states' remission and premature release policies.

"We have to supervise and monitor the implementation of the policies. First, we need to know what the policies are. We will appoint an amicus to point out if any loopholes can be re...