News Update Supreme Court: “Bail is the Rule, Jail is the Exception” in Counterfeit Currency Case 26 Nov 2024 The Supreme Court granted bail to a man accused of counterfeiting currency, invoking the fundamental principle that “bail is the rule and jail is the exception.” The bench comprising Justices…
News Update The Supreme Court will develop a method that would allow jail officials to directly verify orders 16 Jul 202116 Jul 2021 The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it intends to establish a programme as soon as possible, allowing the jail to check orders directly from the courts via an online…
News Update Despite Damning Evidence, No Action Initiated Against Jail Staff Over Custodial Death of Prisoner 23 May 2021 A 36-year-old undertrial prisoner was brutally murdered inside Maharashtra's Jalgaon sub-jail more than eight months ago. Ravindra Jagtap, the prisoner, was allegedly brutally beaten up by five prison officials, including…
News Update The Madhya Pradesh Government on Saturday notified ‘The Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2020’ 2 Apr 2021 According to this act, punishment of prison term of up to 10 years will be given to anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone to change their religion.…
News Update P&H HC orders state police to video-record the entire time gangster Bishnoi is in custody 23 Dec 2020 After the Vikas Dubey encounter by the UP Police, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, 35, who is currently confined in Bharatpur Jail in Rajasthan, had moved a petition in the Punjab and Haryana…
News Update Founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba who was sentenced twice is not in Jail 26 Nov 2020 According to the information provided by Indian Intelligence agencies, Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashker-e-Taliba has been sentenced twice to undergo jail, terms exceeding 10 years but is not being held…
News Update Bhima Koregaon:Varavara Rao and Shoma Sen denied bail by Mumbai Sessions Court 27 Jun 2020 The applicants,Varavara Rao, an 81 year old activist and poet and Shoma Sen, 61 year old academic have been lodged at the Taloja jail and Byculla jail respectively. They are…
News Update Migrants are victims, not criminals: Gujarat HC 24 Jun 2020 The government has again brought attention to Gujarat HC not handling the migrant worker's issue promptly. Recently 33 were arrested for rioting outside IIM-Ahmedabad, and we're identified as 'victims' but…
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