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Madras High Court Upholds Denial of Ordinary Leave to Convicts in Multiple Cases Due to Adverse Police Reports. Court Dismisses Petitions Seeking Leave for Convicts Convicted of Heinous Offences, Holding That Prison Authorities' Discretion Under Tamil Nadu Prison Rules Must Be Exercised Based on Objective Assessment of Threat to Public Order.

28 Apr 2026

The judgment involves four writ petitions filed by family members of convicts seeking ordinary leave for the convicts. The petitioners are Rajammal (m...

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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.

22 Apr 2026

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 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...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging Sanction and Cognizance in UAPA Case — No Infirmity Found in Sanction Order or Cognizance Order. Court upholds validity of suo-motu sanction under Section 45(2) of UAPA and cognizance order under Section 120B IPC read with UAPA and CLA Act.

20 Sep 2024

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Fuleshwar Gope challenging the judgment of the Jharkhand High Court which refused to quash the sanctio...

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Supreme Court Examines Remission Policies Under Article 161 and CrPC in State Appeal. The Court held that constitutional remission powers under Article 161 of the Constitution prevail over statutory policies under Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and policies are statutory rules under the Prisons Act, 1894.

3 Aug 2021

The dispute arose from an order by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana regarding State Government policies on granting remission to prisoners. The Stat...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough Petition, Directs Appellate Authorities to Pass Speaking Orders in Parole and Furlough Matters. The court held that appellate orders rejecting furlough or parole must be reasoned to enable judicial review, and set aside a cryptic order rejecting the petitioner's furlough appeal.

1 Mar 2019

The petitioner, Mohammed Majid Mohammed Shafi, a convict under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, lodged in Amravati Central Pr...

High Court

Bombay High Court Upholds Cutting of Remission for Late Return from Parole but Orders Refund of Illegal Deposit. Parolee's two-day delay in reporting back to prison justified cutting remission by two days, but the condition requiring deposit of Rs.15,000 for grant of parole is illegal and must be refunded.

30 Jan 2019

The judgment concerns two criminal writ petitions filed by life convicts challenging the cutting of remission for late return from parole and seeking ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Furlough for Life Convict Despite No Relative, Interpreting 'Relative' Broadly Under Goa Prison Rules. The court directed reconsideration of furlough application treating a non-relative as 'relative' under Rule 316(3) of Goa Prison Rules, 2006.

16 Jan 2019

The petitioner, Bhau Valve, a life convict under Section 8(2) of the Goa Childrens Act, 2003 for sexually assaulting his daughter, had served nearly 1...

High Court

Bombay High Court Dismisses State's Petition Challenging Sessions Judge's Order Permitting Home Food to Undertrial Prisoner on Medical Grounds. Power of Magistrate to Grant Home Food is Implicit in Detention Powers Under Prisons Act, 1984, and Medical Condition of Prisoner Justifies Such Permission.

10 Nov 2017

The State of Maharashtra, through the Superintendent of Jail, Latur, filed a criminal writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India cha...

High Court

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.

22 Dec 2016

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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