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...
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 to HCs: Take decision on undertrialsAccording to National Crime Records Bureau estimates, 67 per cent of the people in jails are undertrials -- those not yet convicted of any ...
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...
Parliamentary committee expresses concern over delay in granting bail to undertrialsMembers of a Parliamentary committee have expressed concern over delays in granting bail to undertrials for want of money and have suggeste...
- Inform undertrials when they will be released: CIC
The CIC order has come on the plea of an RTI applicant who had sought information from Tihar Jail authorities whether Undertrial Review Com...
Kiosks to help Bengaluru central prison's undertrials track casesUndertrials languishing in Bengaluru central prison in Parappana Agrahara can now keep track of the progress of their cases without steppin...
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...
Laws dealing with undertrials in India are flawedFor the country as a whole, the number of undertrials detained for more than five years is lower than 2,000. With a cut-off of three years,...
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.
Undertrials who have served half of their maximum terms to be freedIt is estimated that of the 3.81 lakh prisoners across the country, about 2.54 lakh, or two-third, are undertrials.
- Centre asks states to review cases of undertrials
The advisory said although the percentage overcrowding in jails is steadily going down, even then 67% of the inmates in various prisons are...