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Search Results for Tag : Solitary confinement

International Cases

Solitary confinement of a person under 18 is not automatically a violation of Article 3 of the ECHR(09.07.2021)

In present case, on 10 December 2016, the Appellant, AB, pleaded guilty to offences of indecent exposure and sexual assault, and was remanded in custo.....

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News

B.C. Supreme Court Strikes Down Indefinite Solitary Confinement in Prisons(18.01.2018)

B.C. Supreme Court has ended a law that allowed federal institutions to indefinitely confine prison inmates.

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Cal. HC: Keeping Inmates in Separate Cell Due to Threat Perception is Not Solitary Confinement(24.08.2023)

Calcutta High Court has held that keeping multiple inmates in the same prison cell, away from the main population due to jail authorities’ perception .....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, Inmates, Solitary Confinement



Solitary Confinement of Death Convict Prior to Rejection of Mercy Petition Palpably Illegal: SC(02.05.2019)

Supreme Court has observed that solitary confinement of a person sentenced to death prior to the rejection of mercy petition is palpably illegal.

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Uttarakhand High Court: Abolish Solitary Confinement of Death Convicts(01.05.2018)

Uttarakhand High Court has held that the practice to keep the convict in custodial segregation/solitary confinement before the exhaustion of his const.....

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SC Commutes Death Sentence of Ex Cop Accused of Rape & Murder of a Housewife(07.11.2022)

Supreme Court while taking into account the illegal solitary confinement for ten years and its ill effects on the well-being of the accused has commut.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Solitary Confinement, Commute



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