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MHA asks states, UTs to utilise Central fund to help poor prisoners obtain bailThe Ministry of Home Affairs has urged states and union territories to utilize the 'Support to Poor Prisoners Scheme' to aid inmates unable...- 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...
- 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...
- Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi, says, 'fighting against injustice'Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of creating two Indias where justice is dependent on wealth. He criti...
- Centre seeks updates from states on the implementation of support scheme for indigent prisonersThe Centre has expressed dissatisfaction with states over the slow implementation of a scheme to aid impoverished prisoners. Despite letter...
- MHA frames rules for release of poor prisonersThe Union home ministry has framed guidelines to decongest prisons and has asked states and Union Territories to release economically weake...
- Centre will ensure financial support for poor in prisons, those who cannot afford bail amounts, says Finance Minister Sitharaman"Support for poor persons who are in prisons and are unable to afford penalty or bail amount, required financial support will be provided,"...
- Bhima Koregaon case: SC to hear Varavara Rao's plea for permanent medical bail on TuesdayIn his plea filed through advocate Nupur Kumar, Varavara Rao has said, "The petitioner is an 83-year-old renowned Telugu poet and orator, w...
- Bhima Koregaon case: SC to hear Varavara Rao's permanent medical bail plea on MondayThe Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea filed by Telugu poet and an accused in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, P Va...
- HC rejects Varavara Rao's plea for permanent medical bail, extends his temporary bail by 3 monthsThe HC also said it had found substance in several claims made by Rao's counsel Anand Grover on the lack of medical facilities in the Taloj...
- RJD hopes for Lalu's release before Bihar assembly pollsThe Rashtriya Janata Dal is hopeful that party chief Lalu Prasad will be able to secure bail before the party begins its campaign for the B...
- Nirav Modi likely to get bail, says UK extradition lawyerBarrister Ben Keith, of 5 St Andrew’s Hill, specialises in extradition cases and has three clients wanted by the government of India, all o...
- Not a very Happy Holi for Nirav Modi in UK jailNirav Modi was arrested by Scotland Yard on Tuesday and presented before District Judge Marie Mallon at Westminster Magistrates' Court in L...
- 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...
- Legal system expensive, big lawyers charge like taxis: Law Commission chairmanThe bail conditions are so complicated that a poor man remains in jail and serves the entire sentence before a lawyer stands for him while ...
- 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...
- Disclose details of prisoners to be released on SC order: Central Information CommissionThe details of prisoners who are set to be released on a recent Supreme Court order should be put in public domain, the Central Information...
- 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,...
- Ex-Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot hails Supreme Court order regarding undertrial prisonersGehlot in a statement here said that there should be an arrangement in the judiciary that no undertrial has to be in jail unnecessarily.
- Centre asks states to review cases of undertrialsThe advisory said although the percentage overcrowding in jails is steadily going down, even then 67% of the inmates in various prisons are...
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