The Madras High Court has directed the prisons department to process applications for the premature release of convicts based on seniority and to “scrupulously follow” the procedures outlined in the relevant Government... Read more »
The Bombay High Court recently criticized the refusal of the Harsul Central Prison Superintendent to release a convict on furlough, citing the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during the Lok Sabha Elections.... Read more »
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has called for responses from the governments of Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh regarding a plea seeking separate prison facilities for transgender individuals. The plea, filed in... Read more »
In a recent development, the Supreme Court of India has proposed the establishment of open jails as a strategic response to the dual challenges of prison overcrowding and prisoner rehabilitation. Open prisons,... Read more »
In the case of Ashok Kumar v. State of NCT Delhi, the Delhi High Court highlighted the dangers of rigid interpretations of Prison Rules regarding furlough. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma stressed the... Read more »
A special POCSO court in Odisha’s Sundergarh district has recently sentenced a ex-school headmaster to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting 11 female students in 2015. Additional District Judge Mahendra Kumar... Read more »
A Kerala court on Wednesday sentenced thirteen people to seven years in prison for lynching and murder of a tribal man named Madhu in 2018. A special court established to hear cases... Read more »