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Bombay High Court Allows Convict to Appear for LL.B. Examination — Right to Education of Prisoners Upheld. Court Directs Release on Furlough or Police Escort for Examination Under Article 21 of Constitution.

The petitioner, Amit Gajanan Gandhi, was a convict serving life imprisonment under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, since July 1998. He had...

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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 Grants Bail to Petitioner in MPID Act Case Due to Long Incarceration Exceeding Maximum Sentence. Petitioner incarcerated for over 7.5 years as undertrial for offences under MPID Act and IPC; court holds further detention violates Article 21.

The Bombay High Court granted bail to a petitioner who had been incarcerated for over seven and a half years as an undertrial in a case under the Maha...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Directs Registration of FIR and Compensation for Assault on Prisoner in Custody. State Liable for Custodial Violence Under Prisoner Rights.

The case involves a criminal writ petition filed by three under-trial prisoners, Mustaq Ahmed, Vinesh Narayan Faldessai, and Jovita Ryan Dos Remedios ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Furlough Petition Based on Past Good Conduct and Absence of Specific Adverse Material. The court set aside the rejection order as it contained only stereotyped reasons and failed to consider the petitioner's impeccable record of surrendering on time on six prior furloughs.

The petitioner, Mohd. Sagir Bashir Chauhan, a convict serving life imprisonment at Central Prison, Amravati, filed a Criminal Writ Petition challengin...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough for Life Convict in Murder Case Despite Vague Witness Threat Claims. Furlough is a right, not a privilege, under the Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959, and rejection based on general apprehension is unsustainable.

The petitioner, Archana Singh, wife of convict Virendra Thakur, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court challenging the rejection ...

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Supreme Court Allows State Appeal in Prison Transfer Case — Intra-State Transfer of Convict Upheld on Security Grounds. Transfer Order Based on Apprehension of Gang War and Insufficient Staff Held Valid Under Section 29 of Prisoners Act, 1900 and Rule 770(b) of State Jail Manual.

The State of Jharkhand and others appealed against the High Court of Jharkhand's order quashing the transfer of respondent Vikash Tiwary, a life convi...