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SC questions its own verdict denying bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel ImamThe Supreme Court has voiced strong concerns regarding the denial of bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. Judges highlighted th...
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. ...
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...
CJI, PM underscore need to provide legal aid to undertrialsChief Justice of India NV Ramana and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday underscored the need to provide legal aid to undertrials lang...
Speed up release of undertrials: PM Modi, "Ease of justice equally important as ease of doing business, living"Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed that ease of justice was equally important as ease of doing business and ease of living, ...
Expedite release of undertrial prisoners: PM Modi, says ease of justice equally important as ease of livingModi urged district judges attending the conference to speed up the release of undertrials using their offices as chairpersons of district-...
Justice and trimming for our bloated jailsPSI 2020 reports that only a third of inmates eligible for early release under Section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) were r...
Lock them up, don't throw the key awayA democratic system in which the judicial pillar is failing in dispensing justice does not augur well. Unfortunately, in India, the wheels ...
Indians in jail: Undertrials up by 30 pc, convicts down by 15 pc since 2015The number of Indian undertrials lodged in the country's jails since 2015 has increased by over 30 per cent while that of convicts has redu...
4.83 lakh Indians in jail up to 2020-end, less than one-fourth convicts: dataAs many as 4.83 lakh Indian nationals were lodged across the country's jails by end of 2020, of which over 76 per cent were undertrials whi...
Make bail the norm, not jailThe courts should be serving justice, not becoming an instrument of injustice.
Corporates join hands to help prisoners jailed without trialThe first phase of the initiative will look at helping secure bail for around 2,500 undertrials in Maharashtra, which has one of the larges...
Bharti Enterprises’ philanthropic arm facilitates release of undertrials on bail from jails in Delhi–NCRNyaya Bharti will provide legal assistance & aid and awareness / literacy to underprivileged undertrials across the country.
Trials through video to help government save Rs 100 crore a yearChhattisgarh HC had chosen the highest number of locations — 115 — for installation of video conferencing facilities, of which installation...
Same day bail for Salman Khan, but over 2.5 lakh undertrials languish in jailsSalman Khan got bail within hours of his conviction but the justice delivery system is not as proactive in case of a common prisoner or the...
Laws dealing with undertrials in India are flawedFor the country as a whole, the number of undertrials detained for more than five years is lower than 2,000. With a cut-off of three years,...
- Moily promises release of two lakh undertrials
The saga of around 200,000 undertrials in jails across India may come to an end within six months.