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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Remission Policy Applicability Case — 2002 Policy Governs Convicts Sentenced Before 2008 Policy Came Into Effect. The Court held that the policy in force at the time of conviction applies, and subsequent policy cannot be applied retrospectively to deny remission.

The appellant, Parveen Kumar @ Parveen Chauhan, was convicted for the murder of a 12-year-old child on 3rd January 2009 under FIR No.670 of 2007. He w...

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Arbitrary Remission Conditions for Life Sentence Convict "Conditions on remission must meet constitutional standards of reasonableness and fairness."

This appeal concerns the legality of conditions imposed while granting remission to the appellant, who was serving life imprisonment for offenses unde...

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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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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment Due to Inordinate Delay in Deciding Mercy Petition — Delay of Over 8 Years Violates Article 21 of the Constitution of India.

The petitioner, Balwant Singh, was convicted along with co-accused for the bomb blast that killed the then Chief Minister of Punjab, Shri Beant Singh,...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Rape and Murder of Minor, Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment Without Remission. The Court held that the case does not fall within the 'rarest of rare' category for death penalty, but the appellant must serve life imprisonment without remission.

The appellant was convicted by the Trial Court under Sections 302 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Forfeiture of Remission in Parole Case — Violation of Natural Justice. Order Forfeiting 345 Days Remission Without Show Cause Notice Set Aside.

The petitioner, Ravi Narsappa Mehtre, was convicted for offences under Sections 302, 323, 452 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to l...