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Bail’s a given, until proven otherwiseThe Supreme Court has expressed serious reservations about denying bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. A two-judge bench emphasized th...
SC questions its own verdict denying bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel ImamThe Supreme Court has voiced strong concerns regarding the denial of bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. Judges highlighted th...
Renukaswamy murder case: SC directs Bengaluru court to expedite trial involving actor DarshanThe Supreme Court has ordered a Bengaluru court to speed up the Renukaswamy murder case. Actor Darshan and others are involved. The court n...
17 prisoners illegally released from Mizoram jail using forged court orders; majority re-arrestedSeventeen prisoners were illegally freed from Lunglei District Jail in Mizoram. Forged court documents and fake release orders facilitated ...
SC seeks report from Karnataka govt on actor Darshan's plea alleging lack of basic amenitiesActor Darshan, arrested in the Renukaswamy murder case, has approached the Supreme Court alleging denial of basic prison amenities. His law...
SC issues notice to Centre, ECI on plea seeking voting rights to undertrialsThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and Election Commission regarding a PIL seeking voting rights for undertrial prisoners. ...
Centre urges states, UTs to enforce Section 479 of BNSS for undertrial prisoners' reliefThe Central government has urged all states and Union Territories to implement Section 479 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ...
Strip-searching undertrial prisoner amounts to violation of his right to privacy, says Mumbai CourtAn undertrial prisoner's fundamental right to privacy is violated by a strip search, according to a special court in Mumbai. The court orde...
Justice and trimming for our bloated jailsPSI 2020 reports that only a third of inmates eligible for early release under Section 436A of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) were r...
Over 1400 undertrials can be released from jail: AAP government to High CourtThe AAP government has told the Delhi High Court that over 1,400 undertrial prisoners can be released from jails of the national capital if...
Women inmates in jail: Concerned HC asks DSLSA to take stepsThe court said panel lawyers of DSLSA shall prepare appropriate applications for bail for all the 105 undertrial prisoners and file the sam...
Karnataka courts to hear undertrials via video-conferencingCity court and jail authorities have hit upon a solution to deal with the problems in transporting undertrial prisoners to courts.
Same day bail for Salman Khan, but over 2.5 lakh undertrials languish in jailsSalman Khan got bail within hours of his conviction but the justice delivery system is not as proactive in case of a common prisoner or the...
No discrimination against anyone on the basis of religion: GovernmentChaudhary said till Dec 2013, the total number of convicted prisoners were 1,29,608 and there were 2,78,503 undertrial prisoners in various...
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 ...
Ex-Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot hails Supreme Court order regarding undertrial prisonersGehlot in a statement here said that there should be an arrangement in the judiciary that no undertrial has to be in jail unnecessarily.
Hold meeting of states on undertrial prisoners: Supreme Court to Centre"After the meeting, a report be filed within two weeks thereafter. It shall contain the status of undertrial prisoners as on March 31, 2014...