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Supreme Court Clarifies Remission Power Under Section 432 CrPC — Emphasizes Need for Application, Reasoned Orders, and Procedural Fairness. The Court held that suo motu remission is impermissible, conditions must be reasonable, automatic revocation invalid, and reasons must be recorded for rejection.

The Supreme Court, in a suo motu writ petition, examined the scope and limitations of the power of the appropriate Government to remit sentences under...

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Madras High Court Directs Consideration of Premature Release for 87-Year-Old Blind Convict on Medical Grounds — Keeping Him in Jail Serves No Justice. Court Orders Scrutiny of Application Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for Premature Release Based on Medical Condition and Old Age.

The petitioner, P.Pugalenthi, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the respondents to consider ...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Convict's Petition in Parole Sentence Computation Case Under Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners Act. Court Held Parole Period Excluded from Total Sentence as Per Statutory Provision Section 3(3) and Precedents, Upholding High-Powered Committee Decision.

The dispute originated from a writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India by a convict serving life imprisonment in Haryana for ...

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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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Bombay High Court Allows Parole for Prisoner to Attend His Own Marriage Under Rule 324(2) of Goa Prisons Rules, 2006. The court held that a prisoner's own marriage constitutes 'sufficient cause' for grant of parole under the amended rule, directing release for 15 days.

The petitioners, Mrs. Cecilia Fernandes and Ms. Gayatri V. Bansode, filed a Criminal Writ Petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking the rel...

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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 Writ Petition of Life Convict Seeking Premature Release — State's Order Requiring 26 Years Imprisonment Set Aside. Court holds that Government Resolution dated 15th March 2010 requires specific finding of exceptional violence to deny premature release after 14 years.

The petitioner, Santosh @ Sonu Balram Jadhav, was convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment on 21st July...