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Karnataka High Court Reserves Order in Writ Petition Seeking Premature Release of Life Convict. Court Analyzes Applicability of Supreme Court's Sukhdev Yadav Judgment on Sentence Interpretation.

The petitioner, a life convict serving sentence in Central Prison, Mysore, approached the High Court of Karnataka seeking a writ of mandamus for his i...

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Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Abetment of Suicide Case Due to Lack of Mens Rea and Active Participation. Joint Suicide Pact Does Not Amount to Abetment Under Section 306 IPC.

The case pertains to the death of actress Ms. Pratyusha, who consumed poison along with the appellant, Gudipalli Siddhartha Reddy, on 23rd February 20...

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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...

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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 Directs Investigation into Alleged Custodial Torture and Denial of Medical Diet to Undertrial Prisoners. The court considered the State's duty to protect prisoners' rights under Article 21 and ordered a thorough investigation into allegations of torture and denial of prescribed diet.

The petitioner, Atul S/o Rajaram Shelke, filed a criminal writ petition under Articles 14, 21, and 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Challenge to Conditions on Advocate-Prisoner Meetings, Directs Modernization of Jails. Prisoner's right to visits by family and friends under Article 21 of Constitution of India recognized, subject to reasonable restrictions, in line with Sunil Batra precedent.

The Public Interest Litigation was filed by a registered society and an under-trial prisoner challenging the communication dated 24th August 2015 issu...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Accepts Commission Report on Jail Conditions and Directs State to Construct New Jail Complex. Court Orders Separation of Undertrials from Convicts and Improvement of Medical Facilities in Prisons.

This judgment arises from a criminal writ petition concerning the conditions in jails in the State of Goa. The High Court of Bombay at Goa had earlier...

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Supreme Court Hears Appeal Against High Court's Dismissal of Writ Petition Challenging Departmental Action in Jail Break Case. Case Involves Escape of Four Under-Trials from Burail Jail Through a 94-Foot Tunnel, Leading to FIR and Enquiry Committee Report.

The case concerns the escape of four under-trial prisoners from Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh, on the night of 21-22 January 2004. The prisoners esca...