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Madras High Court Allows Undertrial Prisoner to Vote via Postal Ballot in Assembly Elections — Right to Vote Not Extinguished by Detention. Section 62(5) of Representation of the People Act, 1951 does not apply to undertrials; court directs Election Commission to facilitate postal ballot.

The petitioner, Hari Nadar, an undertrial prisoner confined in Central Prison, Puzhal, Chennai, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constit...

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Accused in Murder Case Due to Long Incarceration and Speedy Trial Violation. Right to Personal Liberty Under Article 21 Prevails Over Gravity of Offence in Circumstantial Evidence Case Based on Last Seen Theory.

The applicant, Santosh Pralhad Waghmare, was arrested on 26 March 2017 in connection with C.R. No.76 of 2017 registered at Hill Line Police Station fo...

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Supreme Court Quashes High Court's Administrative Directions on Bail Listings During Pandemic Due to Judicial Overreach. Single Judge's Orders Restricting Bail Applications and Arrests Exceeded Jurisdiction and Infringed on Chief Justice's Administrative Powers Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

The Supreme Court of India heard two connected criminal appeals arising from special leave petitions filed by the High Court of Judicature for Rajasth...

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High Court of Karnataka Acquits Accused in Robbery Case Due to Unreliable Identification and Lack of Independent Witnesses. Conviction under Sections 395 and 397 IPC based solely on testimony of sole interested witness without corroboration held unsustainable.

The petitioners, accused Nos.2, 3 and 5, were convicted by the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Madhugiri in C.C.No.957/2009 for offences punishable u...

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Bombay High Court Allows Petition of Life Convict Seeking Set-off of Undertrial Detention Under Section 428 CrPC. Prison Authorities Directed to Compute and Deduct Period of More Than Two Years Spent as Undertrial from Life Sentence After Commutation of Death Sentence.

The petitioner, Clint Fernandez, was convicted in Sessions Case No. 112 of 2004 and sentenced to death by the trial court. He appealed to the Supreme ...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Allows Criminal Writ Petition Against Jail Authorities for Brutal Assault on Inmates. State Directed to Pay Compensation and Implement Reforms to Prevent Custodial Violence Under Article 21 of the Constitution.

The petitioners, Neria Bendavid, Victor Ubanozie, and Meenashe Sasson, were inmates of the Modern Central Jail, Colvale, Goa. They filed a criminal wr...

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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...