A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices L Nageswara Rao and Surya Kant said all those prisoners who were allowed to go out...

"The present situation is very alarming. The prayers raised last time (in March 23) needs to be considered now again," a bench headed by Ch...

Petitioner R K Gossain, an advocate, said in the plea that following social distancing norms is the most crucial factor but jails in Delhi ...

"I met jail officials and personnel, and congratulated them for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. I also met inmates and heard their...

Delhi government standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra, appearing for the prison authorities, confirmed that the interim bails have been ...

The single judge said that the July 13 order was only applicable to those eligible for interim bail or parole as per the criteria laid down...

The release of prisoners as a precautionary measure from the last week of March followed a direction by the Supreme Court, and more jail in...

The Supreme Court in March directed all states and Union Territories to constitute high-level committees to consider releasing on parole or...

In a bid to decongest state jails due to coronavirus outbreak, the state prisons department has so far released over 7,200 prisoners across...

The committee, comprising Bombay High Court Justice A A Sayed, Additional Chief Secretary of state Home department Sanjay Chahande and Maha...

In three separate orders granting interim suspension of sentences, Justice Anup J Bhambhani has directed the three convicts to make a video...

Those sentenced to 10 years or more and left with six months of sentence and those sentenced to seven years and left with five months of se...

With a view to decongest state prisons in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Punjab is going to release around 6,000 prisoners from all the...

The bench suggested that undertrials awaiting trial for offences entailing maximum sentence of seven years also be extended a similar benef...

Taking note of the submission, the bench directed the Delhi government to take steps during the day to implement what it has proposed and d...

The AAP government told the Delhi High Court on Monday that it has decided to decongest its prisons to check the spread of coronavirus by p...

The letter from the home ministry said there was an ‘immediate need to decongest jails’ by setting up high-security prisons for those accus...