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UNDERTRIALS IN DELHI
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...
Number of prisons fall while inmate count rises 1.5%: ReportThe number of prisons at the national level has decreased by 3.3% from 1,351 in 2019 to 1,306 in 2020 while the number of inmates lodged in...
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...
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 ...
Bharti Enterprises’ philanthropic arm facilitates release of undertrials on bail from jails in Delhi–NCRNyaya Bharti will provide legal assistance & aid and awareness / literacy to underprivileged undertrials across the country.
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...
- 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...
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...
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...
Nearly 21% of undertrials from Muslim community: GovernmentAs per the data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, at the end of 2013, out of a total of 2,78,503 undertrials, 57,936 were Musl...
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...
Nearly 3 lakh undertrials in jails in the country: GovernmentLaw Minister D V Sadananda Gowda informed the Rajya Sabha that out of 4.12 lakh prison inmates, 2.78 lakh are undertrials.
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 undertrials
The advisory said although the percentage overcrowding in jails is steadily going down, even then 67% of the inmates in various prisons are...
- Moily promises release of two lakh undertrials
The saga of around 200,000 undertrials in jails across India may come to an end within six months.