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Bail’s a given, until proven otherwiseThe Supreme Court has expressed serious reservations about denying bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. A two-judge bench emphasized th...- Delhi crime files: Half the prison cells are filled with youth aged 21–30; Is the capital losing its future behind bars?Delhi Crime: Nearly 50% of Delhi's 18,969 prisoners are between 21 and 30 years old, with over 55% under 30. Poverty, unemployment, and the...
- SC issues notice to Centre, ECI on plea seeking voting rights to undertrialsThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and Election Commission regarding a PIL seeking voting rights for undertrial prisoners. ...
- Bombay HC grants bail to Dawood Ibrahim syndicate's gangsterThe Bombay High Court granted bail to Tariq Parveen, an alleged member of Dawood Ibrahim's syndicate, citing prolonged incarceration withou...
- Detaining prisoner without trial amounts to pre-trial punishment; bail is rule, says HCThe Bombay High Court stresses that bail is a norm. Refusal is an exception. Prolonged detention without trial equates to pre-trial punishm...
- Delhi's prisons severely overcrowded, 91% inmates undertrials: StudyDelhi's prisons are severely overcrowded, with undertrial inmates constituting 91% of the incarcerated population, as per the India Justice...
- Money laundering case: Wadhwan brothers secure bail; HC cites long incarceration, distant trialThe Bombay High Court granted bail to DHFL promoters Dheeraj and Kapil Wadhwan in the 2020 Yes Bank money laundering case due to their long...
- Speedy trial fundamental right, undertrial can't be subjugated to indefinite incarceration: SCThe Supreme Court granted bail to a man held for over four years in Bihar, emphasizing the right to a speedy trial. The court acknowledged ...
- Constitutional courts can't allow PMLA provisions to become tools in hands of ED: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has ruled that constitutional courts must prevent the misuse of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act by the Enforcement...
- Bhima Koregaon case: SC notice to NIA on Varavara Rao's plea for permanent bailRao has challenged an April 13 judgment of the Bombay High Court which had rejected his plea for permanent bail. The High Court, however, h...
- Nearly 80 pc prisoners are undertrials, need to question procedures: CJI"We need a holistic plan of action to increase the efficiency of the administration of the criminal justice system," the CJI said at the in...
- Make bail the norm, not jailThe courts should be serving justice, not becoming an instrument of injustice.
- No relief for undertrials accused of fraud, anti-national activitiesA two-tier approach has been worked on to deal with convicts and undertrials. While a 45-day interim bail will be granted to undertrials, a...
- Justice system works against tribals in BastarJails in Bastar region crowded beyond capacity due to excessive fake cases.
- Women inmates in jail: Concerned HC asks DSLSA to take stepsThe court said panel lawyers of DSLSA shall prepare appropriate applications for bail for all the 105 undertrial prisoners and file the sam...
- Unlike Salman Khan, 60% of undertrials spend 3 months in jail before bailThe figures point to a deeper malaise in the criminal justice system as bail, pending conviction, is considered a right under Indian law.
- 11 'Maoist' undertrials on fast demanding speedy trialsSeeking speedy trial of their cases, 11 undertrials, including three women inmates, today held a fast at special sub jail, Bhanjanagar in G...
- Delhi High Court reserves verdict on plea seeking release of life convictsReferring to the responses, received under RTI from jail authorities, it said that a total of 109 life convicts are lodged in six prisons a...
- 2G spectrum scam: A Raja completes one year in jailThe Supreme Court's landmark judgment cancelling 122 telecom licenses came exactly a year after former telecom minister A Raja was arrested.
- Digvijaya Singh demands bail for undertrialsDigvijaya Singh's assertion comes in the backdrop of continued incarceration of former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi.
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