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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The spread of COVID-19 is increasingly worrying, and it has brought significant challenges to the implementation of remand proceedings in every country, especially Malaysia and India, which are the subjects of discussion in this article. According to the law, a remand application must be made to the Magistrate if the investigation cannot be completed within 24 hours so that the suspect can be further detained for a certain period of time ordered by the Magistrate to complete the investigation. These unprecedented challenges have also caused difficulties in carrying out the remand proceedings in accordance with the existing laws. This article adopts the library method fully concerning the reading materials such as books, articles and reported cases. This article analyses the implementation of remand proceedings in Malaysia and India in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article further compares the implementation of remand proceedings in Malaysia and India during the COVID-19 pandemic. This current study suggests improvements to the existing implementation of remand proceedings in Malaysia in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article found that Malaysia and India have taken steps in overcoming the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the prisons where the remand prisoners are located. There are similarities and differences in the implementation of remand proceedings between Malaysia and India during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article also suggests various steps taken by Malaysia to improve the remand proceedings in Malaysia in this era of COVID-19 pandemic on the opinion that the existing actions taken are still insufficient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]