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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Seeking Inquiry into Custodial Death and Directs Registration of FIR Against Police Personnel. Custodial Violence Alleged Against Deceased Son of Petitioner - Court Orders Inquiry by Chief Judicial Magistrate and Interim Compensation of Rs.50,000.

The petitioner, Smt. Sonabai, filed a criminal writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking an inquiry into the death...

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Bombay High Court Allows Prisoners' Challenge to Deduction of Wages for Victims Compensation Fund Under NDPS Act. Discriminatory treatment of similarly situated prisoners violates Article 14 of Constitution.

The judgment concerns three criminal writ petitions filed by prisoners convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Life Convict's Petition for Remission of 2 Years Under Government Circular Dated 6th August, 1997. Government Circular Applies to All Convicts Including Those Under Section 302 IPC, Court Directs State to Grant Remission.

The petitioner, Nandkumar s/o Shivmurti Mundhe, a life convict undergoing sentence at Harsool Jail, Aurangabad, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under A...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Journalist's Compensation Claim for Handcuffing During Police Transit. No Violation of Articles 14 and 21 Found as Handcuffing Was Justified by Threat of Escape and No Malice Established.

The petitioner, Satish Banwarilal Sharma, a journalist and managing editor of a daily newspaper, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 226 of t...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough to Convicts Despite Past Overstay, Emphasizes Reformative Purpose of Furlough. Furlough is a right of a prisoner and cannot be denied solely on ground of past overstay without considering subsequent good conduct and period of incarceration.

The judgment pertains to two criminal writ petitions filed by convicts Satish Shankarrao Shinde and Nagnath Bapurao Sontakke, challenging the rejectio...

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Supreme Court Upholds Parole Order for Convict in Culpable Homicide Case Due to Arbitrary Rejection and Delay in Execution. Rejection of permanent parole on ground of not applying for regular parole held unsustainable; delay in implementing High Court order violates Article 21.

The appellant, Daulal, was convicted for offences under Sections 148, 448, 304 Part II read with 149, and 323 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sent...