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Lionel Messi tour organiser files complaint against ex-Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas, former top cop for 'sabotaging' eventLionel Messi tour organiser Satadru Dutta has filed a police complaint. He alleges former West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas and othe...- SC directs states, UTs to furnish updated details on prisons, including overcrowdingThe Supreme Court has ordered all states and Union territories to submit updated jail statistics by May 18. This includes prison capacity, ...
- 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...
- Speedy trial can become effective tool to address overcrowding in jails, says SC panel on prison reformsThe Supreme Court Committee on Prison Reforms in India has highlighted the "pitiful state of affairs" in the country's prisons, emphasizing...
- In covid-19 relief, SC orders release of Assam camp detainees of 2 yearsThe people have been in detention centres under the Foreigners Act as they could not furnish requisite proof of citizenship but have appeal...
- Union home ministry asks prisons to screen foreign inmates, use videoconferencing for kinMore than 466,084 persons are lodged in 1,318 prisons across India, according to the 2018 report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB...
- Overcrowded jails cause for worry: CJI SA BobdeSocial distancing in such places is difficult, Justice SA Bobde said, even as he sought an action plan from prison authorities throughout t...
- 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...
- Supreme Court constitutes committee to look into jail reformsA bench headed by Justice M B Lokur said the panel will look into the issues including over-crowding in prisons.
- Modi raised with May British court's focus on Indian jails during Mallya hearingSwaraj also added, "We have sent out Mallya's extradition request. One of the cases in teh court is by the State Bank of India (SBI) consor...
- Indian jails over-crowded with poor hygiene: Mallya's defenceMallya's barrister deposed Dr Alan Mitchell before the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London where the liquor baron is facing an extradi...
- JD(U) member of Rajya Sabha raises issue of paucity of judgesYadav raised the issue in a supplementary during Question Hour after a reply by Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary on...
- Justice system works against tribals in BastarJails in Bastar region crowded beyond capacity due to excessive fake cases.
- 10 unnatural deaths occur in Indian jails every monthAt 5.9 unnatural deaths per 10,000 inmates, Delhi's jails clock more than twice the national rate of 2.8 per 10,000 inmates.
- Undertrial prisoners should be released on bail: NHRC Chief Justice KG BalakrishnanBalakrishnan also pointed out that issue of prison reforms & improvement required in criminal justice system is a serious point of concern ...
- SC freeing some undertrials a major step towards judicial reformLast week, the Supreme Court ordered the release of undertrials who have already served half their maximum sentence.
- SC rejects Sahara chief Subroto Roy's plea to carry out asset deal with international buyersSC rejected a plea by Sahara chief Subroto Roy for a reprieve from the "overcrowded" Tihar jail to negotiate a sale of an unspecified asset...
- Over crowding in Tihar; HC issues notice to Centre, city govtThe Delhi HC issued notices to the Centre and the city government on a PIL on over-crowding in high-security Tihar Jail and seeking formula...
- Indian prisons overcrowded by over one lakhPrisons across the country are bursting at the seams having to lodge about 1.10 lakh convicts and undertrials more than their capacity, wit...
- 'Land in jail' will mean something else for govt nowPlans to unlock prime prison land; high-capacity coolers in outskirts to overcome crowding.
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