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Supreme Court Strikes Down Caste-Based Discrimination in Prison Manuals as Unconstitutional. Prison Rules Dividing Labour and Segregating Barracks by Caste Violate Articles 14, 15, 17, 21, and 23 of the Constitution.

The petitioner, Sukanya Shantha, a journalist, filed a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution seeking directions for the repeal of offendi...

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Bombay High Court Allows Set-off of Pre-conviction Detention Under Section 428 Cr.P.C. in Rape Conviction Case. Court Directs Jail Authorities to Recalculate Sentence by Setting Off Period of Incarceration Prior to Conviction Against Substantive Sentence of Imprisonment.

The petitioner, Tenzin @ Elin Dorje, was convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge, Panaji, in Sessions Case No. 23/2016 for offences under Sections ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Petition Against Cancellation of Emergency Parole Due to Substitution of Rule 19. Cancellation Order Set Aside as State's Affidavit Revealed Rule 19 Was Substituted After the Impugned Order.

The petitioner, Sachin @ Anna Daniel Gabrel, a life convict for offences under Sections 302, 149, 148, and 143 of the Indian Penal Code, was undergoin...

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Bombay High Court Holds Aurangabad Bench Has Jurisdiction Over Parole Rejection Order Passed at Nashik Central Prison — Reference Answered in Favor of Respondent Prisoner. Territorial Jurisdiction Determined by Place of Confinement and Communication of Order, Not Solely by Location of Prison Authority.

The case arose from a reference made by a division bench of the Bombay High Court at Aurangabad regarding its territorial jurisdiction to entertain a ...

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Bombay High Court Strikes Down Rule 19(2) of Bombay Parole and Furlough Rules, 1959 as Unconstitutional — Mandatory One-Year Gap Between Parole Releases Violates Article 14 and 21. Rule 19(2) held arbitrary and irrational for imposing blanket bar without considering individual circumstances.

The petitioner, Kantilal Nandlal Jaiswal, a life convict undergoing sentence for murder under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC, along with other ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough for Life Convict Despite No Relative, Interpreting 'Relative' Broadly Under Goa Prison Rules. The court directed reconsideration of furlough application treating a non-relative as 'relative' under Rule 316(3) of Goa Prison Rules, 2006.

The petitioner, Bhau Valve, a life convict under Section 8(2) of the Goa Childrens Act, 2003 for sexually assaulting his daughter, had served nearly 1...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petitions of Inter-State Prisoners Challenging Local Surety Condition for Furlough. Condition in Government Circular dated 16th December 2008 requiring local surety within Maharashtra for prisoners from other States held violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.

The Bombay High Court dealt with two criminal writ petitions filed by prisoners Subodh Prasad and Jagbir Singh challenging the condition in Government...