Bengaluru court sentences Cong MLA Vinay Kulkarni to life imprisonment in murder caseA Bengaluru court has handed down life sentences to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and sixteen others. They were convicted in the 2016 murder ...
17 Apr, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Abu Salem plea for immediate release after 25 years dismissed by HCThe Bombay High Court has rejected gangster Abu Salem's request for immediate release from jail. Salem claimed he had completed 25 years of...
15 Apr, 2026, 02.06 PM IST
Convicts in T P Chandrasekharan case not being considered for remission: Kerala govtThe Kerala government on Thursday suspended three jail officials for allegedly including three convicts from the high-profile T P Chandrase...
27 Jun, 2024, 03.45 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: Highlights of SC judgement in 2002 Gujarat riots caseThe Supreme Court on Monday invalidated Gujarat government's order granting relief to 11 convicts of Bilkis Bano gangrape case. The court s...
08 Jan, 2024, 05.35 PM IST
SC sends Bilkis Bano's convicts to jail, again: All you need to know about the 2002 Gujarat riots caseBilkis Bano Case: The Gujarat government's decision granting remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case has been invalidated by the S...
08 Jan, 2024, 03.52 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes Gujarat govt's remission order, directs 11 convicts to report to jail within two weeksBilkis Bano case: The Supreme Court has quashed the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts involved in the rape of...
08 Jan, 2024, 11.35 AM IST
Bilkis Bano case: SC to deliver verdict on pleas against remission granted to convicts todayBilkis Bano case: While hearing the matter in September last year, the top court had asked whether convicts have a fundamental right to see...
08 Jan, 2024, 09.20 AM IST
Some convicts are more privileged, says Supreme Court while hearing Bilkis Bano caseOne of the convicts told the top court that the grant of remission for reformation and rehabilitation of the convicts is a "settled positio...
14 Sep, 2023, 07.17 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case: SC to resume hearing on Aug 31 on batch of pleas challenging remission to convictsThe Supreme Court is scheduled to resume hearing on Thursday a clutch of petitions challenging the remission granted to all 11 convicts in ...
30 Aug, 2023, 05.34 PM IST
Bilkis Bano case convicts driven by "blood thirsty" approach to hunt and kill Muslims, SC toldThe convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots chased her with a "b...
07 Aug, 2023, 05.34 PM IST
Bilkis Bano gang rape case: "Suitable orders" from Centre for grant of remission of convicts, says Gujarat govtReferring to the 1976 verdict of the apex court, the state government said that a "person aggrieved" should be one who has personal and ind...
18 Oct, 2022, 07.26 AM IST
Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court says it did not grant permission for remission, issues notice to Gujarat on plea against release of 11 convictsEleven convicts, sentenced to life imprisonment, were released from Godhra sub-jail on August 15 after the Gujarat government allowed their...
25 Aug, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
Was shocked and numbed after release of Bilkis Bano's rapists: Mehbooba MuftiPDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said she was shocked and numbed when rapists of Bilkis Bano were released last week. The 11 convict...
24 Aug, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
Some prisoners to get remissionThe remission scheme is intended to ensure prison discipline and good conduct on the part of prisoners with the prospect of early release f...
23 Mar, 2022, 12.13 AM IST
Make public all remission orders of life convicts: CIC on Rajiv Gandhi assassin's pleaPerarivalan, whose application for remission of sentence was earlier rejected by the Centre, approached the Commission challenging the repl...
19 Aug, 2018, 03.44 PM IST
Make remission rules for convicts public: CIC to governmentThe home ministry had only told Perarivalan that there were 20 cases of remission between 2010 and 2015, but, no other information was give...
18 Aug, 2018, 09.16 AM IST
Pakistan President approves special remission in sentences of prisonersPresident Zardari has approved a special remission in the sentences of prisoners ahead of Pakistan Day, which is observed on March 23.
21 Mar, 2013, 01.17 PM IST