DGS asks port authorities, terminal operators to immediately pass on concessions to exportersThe Directorate General of Shipping has ordered port authorities and terminal operators to directly pass on concessions to exporters. This ...
09 Apr, 2026, 08.21 PM 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: SC fixes Aug 7 for final hearing of pleas against remission to convictsIndia's Supreme Court is set to begin the final hearing on August 7 in a case relating to the remittance granted last year to 11 convicts i...
17 Jul, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
Day after SC observations, Cong slams Centre, Gujarat govt over remission to convicts in Bilkis caseThe Supreme Court bench, hearing the matter on Tuesday had said, "Today it is this lady (Bilkis) but tomorrow it can be anyone. It may be y...
19 Apr, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
Bilkis case: Centre, Gujarat govt tell SC they may seek review of order on production of remission files of convicts"The question is whether government applied its mind and what material formed the basis of its decision to grant remission," the bench said...
18 Apr, 2023, 05.07 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
Supreme Court to consider if mind applied in giving remission to 11 rapists in Bilkis Bano caseThe bench observed that SC did not order the release but had only permitted the state government to consider remission as per its policy. T...
25 Aug, 2022, 11.46 PM 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
SC refers to seven-judge bench issue of grant of remission to convicts by statesReferring to the inconsistency in the 1978 verdict, Justice Lalit, writing the judgement, decided to refer the issue to a larger bench to e...
17 Jul, 2020, 07.04 PM IST
SC questions Haryana govt over remission policy, seeks response in two weeksThe apex court has directed the state government to respond within two weeks on whether such a policy, which the court said appeared runnin...
10 May, 2020, 03.30 PM 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
Send Sanjay Dutt back to jail if you think rules were flouted: Maharashtra govt to HCThe Court had asked the govt how Dutt was granted parole within two months of surrendering.
27 Jul, 2017, 05.02 PM IST
Sanjay Dutt released early as per rules: Maha govt to HCDutt was earlier sentenced to five years in jail for possession of arms, which were a part of the consignment used in the 1993 blasts.
17 Jul, 2017, 06.22 PM IST
Sanjay Dutt aide withdraws plea against dropping of remissionIbrahim Moosa Chauhan, jailed for delivering arms to actor Sanjay Dutt at the latter's residence prior to 1993 serial bomb blasts, has with...
10 Mar, 2016, 07.01 PM IST
- Republic Day: Special remission for 2,500 Tihar convicts
The Delhi government has remitted sentences of 2,500 inmates lodged in Tihar jail on the occasion of 63rd Republic Day.
25 Jan, 2012, 09.43 PM IST