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UNDERTRIALS IN INDIAN JAILS
70 per cent prisoners in Indian jails are undertrials, observes parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel notes that over 70% of Indian prisoners are undertrials who can't afford bail or fines. They suggest creating state f...- Number of Indian citizens awarded death sentences by foreign courts stands at 54: GovtThe Ministry of External Affairs reported that 54 Indian citizens have been sentenced to death by foreign courts. The government is activel...
- States, UTs told not to segregate prisoners on caste, class or religionThe Union Home Ministry has urged states and Union Territories to stop segregating prisoners based on caste and religion and stop assigning...
- Bail, not jail, in cases where applicableIndian courts need to change their anti-bail mindset as more than 75% of inmates are undertrials, according to the National Crime Records B...
- 4,355 Indian expatriates died of COVID-19: GovtAccording to Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, 668 Indian expatriates died of COVID-19 in Kuwait, 555 in Oman and 203...
- 70 pc of foreign prisoners in India under-trials: Govt dataThe recently released annual 'Prison Statistics India 2020' of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows there were 4,926 foreigners l...
- Indians in jail: Undertrials up by 30 pc, convicts down by 15 pc since 2015The number of Indian undertrials lodged in the country's jails since 2015 has increased by over 30 per cent while that of convicts has redu...
- 4.83 lakh Indians in jail up to 2020-end, less than one-fourth convicts: dataAs many as 4.83 lakh Indian nationals were lodged across the country's jails by end of 2020, of which over 76 per cent were undertrials whi...
- Tihar Jail authorities warned of criminal action for 'vague' medical report of undertrial by Delhi CourtThe judge rued that jail authorities submitted the medical report without making any efforts to ascertain his medical condition prior to th...
- No interim bail for Shivinder Mohan Singh, Christian Michel, Rana KapoorFormer Religare and Fortis promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh, alleged middleman in Agusta-Westland VVIP chopper scandal Christian Michel James...
- No relief for undertrials accused of fraud, anti-national activitiesA two-tier approach has been worked on to deal with convicts and undertrials. While a 45-day interim bail will be granted to undertrials, a...
- 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...
- Telangana joins an exclusive clubIndia never has a shortage of prisoners so the news that Telangana is going to join this select Scandinavian club by also shutting down fiv...
- Jailbirds must break out to earn moreThere is obviously considerable room for improvement, though, given that their incarcerated counterparts in US, for instance, clock up sale...
- Pakistan hands over 86 Indian fishermen to India at Wagah borderPakistan yesterday released 86 Indian fishermen from Malir Jail in Karachi, second time this month that Pakistan released Indian fishermen.
- 48 Indians lodged in foreign prisons despite serving term: MEAA total of 48 Indian nationals continue to be lodged in foreign jails and deportation centres despite having served their term, including 4...
- Unlike Salman Khan, 60% of undertrials spend 3 months in jail before bailThe figures point to a deeper malaise in the criminal justice system as bail, pending conviction, is considered a right under Indian law.
- Bhim Singh welcomes SC verdict on release of undertrialsThe court had made it clear that there is no need for lawyers to be present while judicial officers take decision for release of prisoners.
- Kalmadi's judicial custody extended till July 21A Delhi court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of disgraced former chairman of Commonwealth Games OC Suresh Kalmadi.
- Raju forgoes dinner on first night in jailRamalinga Raju and his brother have also deposited Rs 5,000 cash, which they had on them, with the jail officials. Raju's arrest | Raju's f...
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