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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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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment for Mentally Ill Accused in Rape and Murder Case — Non-Compliance with Section 235(2) CrPC and Supervening Mental Illness Considered

The Supreme Court of India heard a review petition filed by an accused (referred to as 'Accused X') against his conviction and death sentence for the ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Parole for Agricultural Work Despite Prison Overcrowding — Emphasizes Parole as Reformative Tool Under Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959. Parole Granted to Convict Serving Life Sentence for Murder to Cultivate Land, Subject to Conditions.

The petitioner, Ramesh s/o Girjaram Bansode, a convict serving life imprisonment for murder, filed a Criminal Writ Petition challenging the orders of ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Convict's Parole for Medical Treatment of Mother Despite Prison Overcrowding. Parole granted under Maharashtra Prisons (Bombay Furlough and Parole) Rules, 1959 for compassionate reasons, not as a matter of right.

The petitioner, Roshan alias Chini Danichand Thakur, a convict serving sentence in Nashik Road Central Prison, filed a Criminal Writ Petition challeng...

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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...