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Supreme Court Addresses Systemic Delays in Legal Aid Filing Through Committee Formation and SCLSC Queries. The court examined inordinate delays in filing appeals by convicts via legal aid, leading to directions for digitization and procedural reforms under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, and initiation of a Mission Mode campaign for prisoner legal aid.

16 Apr 2026

The Supreme Court dealt with a criminal appeal arising from a death sentence conviction, where the appellant challenged the High Court's confirmation....

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses Convict's Parole Application for Want of Jurisdiction - Abu Salem's Parole Plea Rejected as Filed Before Wrong Court. The court held that the petition was not maintainable as it was filed before the wrong bench, and the convict must approach the appropriate court having jurisdiction over the prison where he is confined.

15 Apr 2026

The petitioner, Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari, a convict currently confined in Nashik Road Central Prison, filed a writ petition before the Bombay Hig...

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses Parole Plea of TADA Convict Due to Specific Bar Under Maharashtra Prison Rules. Rule 4(13) read with Rule 19 of the Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959 disqualifies prisoners convicted under TADA from regular parole, and the Supreme Court's decision in Asfaq v. State of Rajasthan is distinguishable as it did not involve similar state-specific rules.

2 Dec 2022

The petitioner, Mo. Hasan Mehndi Hasan Sheikh, a convict serving life imprisonment at Central Jail, Amravati, was convicted for various offences inclu...

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses Convicts' Emergency Parole Petition for Suppression of Facts and Misleading Statements. Petitioners convicted in 1996 Bombay Blast case sought emergency parole under Maharashtra Prisons Rules but suppressed material facts regarding their parole history and overstays.

19 Jun 2021

The petitioners, Asgar Kadar Sheikh and Mohd Yakub Abdul Majid Nagul, were convicts in the 1996 Bombay Blast case, serving sentences for offences unde...

High Court

Bombay High Court Allows Emergency Parole to Life Convict in MCOCA Case Due to COVID-19 Pandemic Despite Non-Payment of Fine. Non-payment of fine cannot be a ground to deny emergency parole when the convict has completed the requisite actual sentence and the purpose of parole is to decongest prisons during pandemic.

15 Sep 2020

The petitioner, Santosh Manohar Deshmukh, was convicted under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA) on October 20, 2005 and sen...

High Court

Bombay High Court Upholds Suspension of Superintendent of Jails in Sexual Harassment Case — Tribunal's Order of Reinstatement Set Aside. Court holds that pendency of criminal proceedings and disciplinary inquiry for sexual harassment under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 warrants continued suspension under Rule 4 of the Maharashtra Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1979.

22 Dec 2017

The State of Maharashtra and three other petitioners (including the DIG of Prisons) challenged an order of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal dat...

High Court

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Under Section 224 IPC for Late Return After Parole While Upholding Curtailment Notice. Show-Cause Notice for Curtailment of Remission Is Preliminary and Not Liable to Be Quashed; Prosecution Under Section 224 IPC Requires Mens Rea and Is Not Justified When Convict Returns Within Maximum Permissible Parole Period.

14 Sep 2017

The petitioner, a convict serving a seven-year sentence for an offence under Section 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, was lodged at ...

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses Life Convict's Petition Seeking Premature Release After 14 Years. Court Holds That Categorization Under 1992 Guidelines As Category 3(d) Requiring 26 Years Imprisonment Is Proper and Not Arbitrary.

4 Sep 2017

The case involved a life convict seeking premature release after having served 14 years of actual imprisonment. The petitioner was convicted for offen...

High Court

Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Jail Guard Whose Promotion Was Cancelled Without Hearing. Cancellation of Promotion from Jail Guard to Jailor Grade-II Based on Tribunal Order Without Notice to Petitioner Violates Natural Justice.

17 Feb 2016

The petitioner, Namdeo Sopan Arsale, was a Jail Guard who was promoted to the post of Jailor Grade-II. Subsequently, the Additional Director General o...

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses Prisoner's Petition Challenging Remission Cut for Furlough Overstay Due to Delay and Laches. Petitioner's overstay of 237 days resulted in punishment of cutting remission of 5 days per day of overstay, upheld as proportionate and not interfered with due to unexplained delay of six years.

4 May 2011

The petitioner, Mukesh Ramaji Yadav, a prisoner in Central Prison Nagpur, filed a Criminal Writ Petition challenging the prison punishment imposed on ...

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