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Lionel Messi tour organiser files complaint against ex-Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas, former top cop for 'sabotaging' event- SC directs states, UTs to furnish updated details on prisons, including overcrowding
- Delhi crime files: Half the prison cells are filled with youth aged 21–30; Is the capital losing its future behind bars?
- New criminal laws may help reduce jail overcrowdingThe new criminal laws, known as BNSS, aim to address jail overcrowding by offering leniency to first-time offenders. Bail conditions have b...05 Jul, 2024, 12.37 AM IST
- 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...31 Aug, 2023, 06.36 PM IST
- Imran Khan, former Pakistan Prime Minister, sent to a distant prison that houses hardened criminals; held in small, dirty cellFormer Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faces harsh detention conditions after graft conviction.07 Aug, 2023, 10.05 PM IST
- COVID-19: Maharashtra releases 7,200 prisoners to curb overcrowdingIn a bid to decongest state jails due to coronavirus outbreak, the state prisons department has so far released over 7,200 prisoners across...17 May, 2020, 01.18 PM IST
- AgustaWestland chopper case: SC dismisses interim bail plea of Christian MichelA bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai, which took up the interim bail plea through video conferencing, said that as per the ...22 Apr, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
- Never directed states, UTs to compulsorily release all prisoners: SCA bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and justices L Nageswara Rao and M M Shantanagoudar said its orders have to be followed in letter and sp...13 Apr, 2020, 09.36 PM IST
- Supreme Court forms panel to bring in jail reformsThe Supreme Court on Tuesday set up a panel headed by a retired judge of the court to usher in drastic prison reforms and decongest overcro...26 Sep, 2018, 08.27 AM IST
- Supreme Court shocked at over 600 per cent overcrowding in jails"What's the point in talking about prison reforms when we cannot keep them in jail. We should release them, if you cannot keep them properl...30 Mar, 2018, 05.52 PM IST
- 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...04 May, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
- Delhi jails 'grossly' overcrowded, prisoners double than capacity: CAGThe report also brought to the notice the poor medical facilities in the jails in Delhi as over 93,224 patients had to be referred to outsi...30 Jun, 2015, 11.22 PM IST
- 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.12 Jun, 2015, 11.05 AM IST
- Delhi High Court seeks Centre's, Delhi government's reply on under trial prisonersThe High Court has been dealing with two PILs relating to ensuring minimum human rights to inmates of Tihar Jail here.11 Feb, 2015, 05.17 PM IST
- 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 ...13 Nov, 2014, 08.50 PM IST
- West Bengal's second open jail will come up at DurgapurWest Bengal government has decided to set up an "Open Correctional Home"at Durgapur in Burdwan district, the second such home in the state ...20 Nov, 2013, 03.47 PM IST
- Maha Home Minister visits Arthur Road jail, meets KasabAs you sow so shall you reap -- this was the response of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab when Maharashtra opposition leader Eknath Khadse a...23 Nov, 2010, 02.43 PM IST
- Video conference facility at Maharashtra jailsVideo conferencing facility would be installed at jails in Maharashtra to cut expenditure on moving undertrials to courts, home minister RR...27 Mar, 2010, 03.11 AM IST
- 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...05 Sep, 2008, 02.19 PM IST
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