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SC refers UAPA bail issue to larger bench amid Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam case debateThe Supreme Court has sent key questions about bail for Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam to a larger bench. This comes aft...
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...
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...
Renukaswamy murder case: SC directs Bengaluru court to expedite trial involving actor DarshanThe Supreme Court has ordered a Bengaluru court to speed up the Renukaswamy murder case. Actor Darshan and others are involved. The court n...
SC seeks report from Karnataka govt on actor Darshan's plea alleging lack of basic amenitiesActor Darshan, arrested in the Renukaswamy murder case, has approached the Supreme Court alleging denial of basic prison amenities. His law...
Lack of NIA courts: Supreme Court says no option but to grant bail to undertrialsThe Supreme Court expressed concern over the absence of special NIA courts. These courts are needed for swift trials in NIA cases. The cour...
Supreme Court issues norms for early release of undertrials given bailIf the accused is not released within 7 days from the date of grant of bail, the jail superintendent shall inform the District Legal Servic...
Consider modifying prisoners' bail conditions if bonds not furnished within month: SC to courtsIn a report filed in the apex court, the NALSA had said it was in the process of creating a "master data" of all such undertrial prisoners ...
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...
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...
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.
Member in Lok Sabha raises Salman Khan bail issueThe governmernt should implement a recent Supreme Court direction to grant bail to undertrials who have spent half the sentence of the crim...
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...
Nearly 3 lakh undertrials in jails in the country: GovernmentLaw Minister D V Sadananda Gowda informed the Rajya Sabha that out of 4.12 lakh prison inmates, 2.78 lakh are undertrials.
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,...
- Centre asks states to review cases of undertrials
The advisory said although the percentage overcrowding in jails is steadily going down, even then 67% of the inmates in various prisons are...
- Digvijaya Singh demands bail for undertrials
Digvijaya Singh's assertion comes in the backdrop of continued incarceration of former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi.