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SC refers UAPA bail issue to larger bench amid Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam case debateThe Supreme Court has sent key questions about bail for Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam to a larger bench. This comes aft...- 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...
- 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. ...
- Bombay HC grants bail to Dawood Ibrahim syndicate's gangsterThe Bombay High Court granted bail to Tariq Parveen, an alleged member of Dawood Ibrahim's syndicate, citing prolonged incarceration withou...
- Detaining prisoner without trial amounts to pre-trial punishment; bail is rule, says HCThe Bombay High Court stresses that bail is a norm. Refusal is an exception. Prolonged detention without trial equates to pre-trial punishm...
- No plan to amend law to give voting rights to undertrials: Govt in RSIn his written reply, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said the Supreme Court has upheld the validity of section 62(5) of the Representation ...
- 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...
- Decision to cap number of visits by prisoners' kin, counsel not arbitrary, says Delhi HCDelhi High Court has said the authorities' decision to cap the number of visits by prisoners' families, friends and legal advisers to twice...
- CJI, PM underscore need to provide legal aid to undertrialsChief Justice of India NV Ramana and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday underscored the need to provide legal aid to undertrials lang...
- Speed up release of undertrials: PM Modi, "Ease of justice equally important as ease of doing business, living"Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed that ease of justice was equally important as ease of doing business and ease of living, ...
- 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...
- In Uttar Pradesh, a prisoner dies every 26 hoursHuman rights activist Naresh Paras, who filled the RTI application, has written to the NHRC, governor of UP and the PMO to take up the matt...
- No plan to allow undertrials cast vote: GovernmentGowda informed Lok Sabha in a written response that there are no plans to amend the Representation of People Act for the purpose.
- 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.
- Disclose details of prisoners to be released on SC order: Central Information CommissionThe details of prisoners who are set to be released on a recent Supreme Court order should be put in public domain, the Central Information...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Centre asks states to review cases of undertrialsThe advisory said although the percentage overcrowding in jails is steadily going down, even then 67% of the inmates in various prisons are...
- Prez poll: Tainted MPs could lose voteThe Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a PIL seeking direction to the Election Commission to bar jailed MPs and MLAs from casting votes i...
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