New criminal laws may help reduce jail overcrowdingThe new criminal laws, known as BNSS, aim to address jail overcrowding by offering leniency to first-time offenders. Bail conditions have b...
05 Jul, 2024, 12.37 AM IST
Speedy trial can become effective tool to address overcrowding in jails, says SC panel on prison reformsThe Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms in India has highlighted the "pitiful state of affairs" in the country's prisons, emphasizing...
31 Aug, 2023, 06.36 PM IST
SC to pass orders on decongestion of prisons in view of 'alarming' COVID situation"The present situation is very alarming. The prayers raised last time (in March 23) needs to be considered now again," a bench headed by Ch...
07 May, 2021, 10.01 PM IST
Jamia violence: Court extends interim bail of local leader Ashu Khan by 45 daysAdditional District Judge Vipin Kumar Rai granted the interim relief to Khan in two cases related to the violent protests at Jamia Nagar an...
30 May, 2020, 04.40 PM IST
AgustaWestland chopper case: SC dismisses interim bail plea of Christian MichelA bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai, which took up the interim bail plea through video conferencing, said that as per the ...
22 Apr, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
Never directed states, UTs to compulsorily release all prisoners: SCA bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and justices L Nageswara Rao and M M Shantanagoudar said its orders have to be followed in letter and sp...
13 Apr, 2020, 09.36 PM IST
Union home ministry asks prisons to screen foreign inmates, use videoconferencing for kinMore than 466,084 persons are lodged in 1,318 prisons across India, according to the 2018 report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB...
11 Apr, 2020, 08.07 AM IST
AgustaWestland: Christian Michel is a flight risk, has no roots in the society, says HC; denies bail to middlemanJustice Mukta Gupta, who conducted the hearing through video conferencing, said the apprehension of Michel that because of his vulnerable a...
07 Apr, 2020, 01.32 PM IST
COVID-19 pandemic: SC takes suo moto cognisance of overcrowding of prisonsA bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and L N Rao issued a notice to the Director General, Prison, and chief secretary of all states and union...
16 Mar, 2020, 02.01 PM IST
Supreme Court forms panel to bring in jail reformsThe Supreme Court on Tuesday set up a panel headed by a retired judge of the court to usher in drastic prison reforms and decongest overcro...
26 Sep, 2018, 08.27 AM IST
Government conducting survey on women inmates in Central JailsAs part of the exercise, carried out by members of the NCW as well as NGOs, questionnaires have been sent to different jails.
05 Jan, 2018, 01.51 PM IST
Delhi jails 'grossly' overcrowded, prisoners double than capacity: CAGThe report also brought to the notice the poor medical facilities in the jails in Delhi as over 93,224 patients had to be referred to outsi...
30 Jun, 2015, 11.22 PM IST
10 unnatural deaths occur in Indian jails every monthAt 5.9 unnatural deaths per 10,000 inmates, Delhi's jails clock more than twice the national rate of 2.8 per 10,000 inmates.
12 Jun, 2015, 11.05 AM IST
Delhi High Court seeks Centre's, Delhi government's reply on under trial prisonersThe High Court has been dealing with two PILs relating to ensuring minimum human rights to inmates of Tihar Jail here.
11 Feb, 2015, 05.17 PM IST
Undertrial prisoners should be released on bail: NHRC Chief Justice KG BalakrishnanBalakrishnan also pointed out that issue of prison reforms & improvement required in criminal justice system is a serious point of concern ...
13 Nov, 2014, 08.50 PM IST
- Indian prisons overcrowded by over one lakh
Prisons across the country are bursting at the seams having to lodge about 1.10 lakh convicts and undertrials more than their capacity, wit...
05 Sep, 2008, 02.19 PM IST
- 'Land in jail' will mean something else for govt now
Plans to unlock prime prison land; high-capacity coolers in outskirts to overcome crowding.
24 Apr, 2008, 03.57 AM IST