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Calcutta HC Directs Registrar for List of Appeals Wherein Convicts Jailed for More than 14 Years(30.03.2022)
Calcutta High Court directed the Registrar (IT) of the High Court to prepare a list of appeals wherein the convicts are in jail for 14 or more and lis.....
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SC Issues Notice to Haryana Government Allowing Premature Release of Life Convicts(11.05.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice to the State of Haryana asking it to explain its policy which conferred the benefit of remission on convicts who stood.....
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Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Transfer of Women Convicts to Jails with Women Barracks(11.01.2021)
Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea seeking transfer of women convicts from Central Jail Naini, Prayagraj to District Jail Sonbhadra and Distric.....
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SC: Policy for Premature Release of Life Convict Must Be Implemented in Objective/Transparent Manner(12.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held that State must implement its policy for premature release of life convicts in an objective and transparent manner; the Court a.....
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SC Directs States to File Reports with NALSA on Pending Applications of Convicts Seeking Remission(03.02.2021)
Supreme Court has directed all States to file reports through their respective State Legal Services Authorities (SLSA) to National Legal Services Auth.....
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Delhi High Court Stays 25% Wage Cut of Convicts in Delhi Jails(04.12.2018)
Delhi High Court has put on hold a practice in Tihar jail under which 25% of the wages of prisoners is deducted for a victim compensation fund.
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CRIMINAL - SC Review Sets Free 6 Death Row Convicts(06.03.2019)
Supreme Court has set aside its own judgment of 2009 and set free six convicts sent to death row, concluding that they had been “falsely implicated” i.....
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SC: Gujarat Govt's Response in Bilkis Bano Case 'Very Bulky'(19.10.2022)
Supreme Court has said that Gujarat government's response to petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case is "ve.....
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AP HC Directs All Convicts and Under Trial Prisoners to be Released on Interim Bail(31.05.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed that all convicts and under trial prisoners to be released on interim bail of 90 days who were readmitted to pr.....
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Bombay HC Confirms Life Imprisonment or 23 Convicts in Murder Case(01.12.2015)
Bombay High Court has confirmed life imprisonment for 23 convicts who belong to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), convicted for murder of three perso.....
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Calcutta HC Suspends Sentence of Imprisonment of Convicts on Grounds of Hearing of Appeal(20.10.2021)
Calcutta High Court has suspended the sentence of imprisonment imposed on two convicts on the ground that there lies no possibility of their appeals b.....
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Allahabad HC Suspends Sentence of Two Murder Convicts Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak(01.04.2020)
Allahabad High Court has temporarily suspended the sentence of two murder convicts on their susceptibility to contracting an infection, amidst the out.....
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Del. HC: Plea for Premature Release of Convicts Must Not be Dealt With Mechanically(06.11.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that societal interest must be balanced with rights of convict and resorting to mechanical and clerical approach in dealing .....
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Del. HC: Plea for Premature Release of Convicts Must Not be Dealt With Mechanically(06.11.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that societal interest must be balanced with rights of convict and resorting to mechanical and clerical approach in dealing .....
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P&H HC : Any Reduction in Sentence of Rape Convicts Would be an Anathema to the Very Concept of Law(16.02.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC, while making it clear that there is no room for leniency towards people convicted of rape, has held that "any reduction in sent.....
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Allahabad HC Sets Aside Life Sentence of Murder Convicts in Aligarh Gandhi Park Murder(02.02.2022)
Allahabad High Court has set aside the life sentence of two murder convicts, including a woman in connection with the murder of a youth in Aligarh's G.....
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Allahabad HC: Convicts or Persons Under Trial Have a Right to Get Adequate Medical Treatment(31.01.2024)
All. HC while granting bail to an accused held that health concern of person in custody has to be taken care of by State and is to be keenly watched a.....
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HP HC on Parole: Convicts Too Must Breathe Fresh Air for at Least Some Time During Incarceration(27.12.2023)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that convicts too must breathe fresh air for at least some time provided they maintain good conduct consistently .....
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Bombay HC: Legal Heirs of Deceased Convicts Liable to Pay Fine(14.03.2016)
Bombay High Court has held that legal heirs of a deceased convict are liable to pay fines and compensation, imposed by the trial courts, from the prop.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Reply of 10 States on Rights Violation of Death Row Convicts(02.04.2018)
Supreme Court has sought response from 10 states on the issue of alleged violation of human rights of prisoners on death sentence.
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SC Acquits Three Death Row Convicts, Holds Prosecution Utterly Failed To Prove Case(16.12.2021)
Supreme Court has acquitted three murder accused who were sentenced to death by the Trial Court and the Allahabad High Court. The Court has observed t.....
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SC: Factors Deciding Term of Sentence to be Undergone by Murder Convicts Before Remis., Summarised(21.03.2024)
Supreme Court has summarized the factors to determine term of sentence to be undergone before remission could be sought by accused of murder cases. Th.....
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Delhi HC Denies Relief to Plea Seeking NHRC Inquiry on Torture Against Nirbhaya Convicts(04.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking Court's direction to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to conduct an inquiry into the p.....
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Delhi HC Directs Tihar to Take Decision in Zee Media's Plea Seeking Interview With Nirbhaya Convicts(11.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed Tihar authorities to decide on the request in accordance with law and pass a reasoned order by 12th March, 2020 in a ple.....
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