Parole

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Writ under Art 226 maintainable for grant of extension of parole; Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed petition under S. 482 CrPC

    Himachal Pradesh High Court: Vivek Singh Thakur, J. dismissed the petition filed under Sec 482 Criminal Procedure Code (‘CrPC') for

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Canada SC | Imposing consecutive 25-year parole ineligibility periods cruel and unusual by nature, cannot be justified in a free and democratic society

Supreme Court of Canada: A full bench comprising, Wagner C.J. and Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown, Rowe, Martin, Kasirer and Jamal JJ unanimously

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Whether a Presidential order banning benefit of parole and remission in a mercy petition will create a blanket ban on benefit of furlough? Supreme Court examines

Supreme Court: In a landmark ruling, the Division Bench of Dinesh Maheshwari* and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., reversed Delhi High Court’s judgment holding

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Raj HC reiterated “Right to Procreation survives during incarceration” and “is traceable and squarely falls within the ambit of Article 21 of our Constitution; Parole granted

Rajasthan High Court: The Division Bench of Farjand Ali and Sandeep Mehta, JJ. allowed the petition and granted parole after considering the

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‘Furlough not a legal right’: Supreme Court explains difference between Parole and furlough

“Although furlough can be claimed without a reason, the prisoner does not have an absolute legal right to claim furlough.”

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Raj HC | Primary objective of parole is to facilitate family ties being maintained and cannot be rejected on flimsy grounds

Rajasthan High Court: Mahendar Kumar Goyal, J. allowed the petition and sets aside the impugned order. The facts of the case are

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P&H HC | “Sureties are petty farmers, having meager land holdings”; HC reduces penalty of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5000

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arvind Singh Sangwan, J., reduced the penalty of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5000 considering old age

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Chh HC | Parole granted to a female convict having committed offence under S. 302 IPC; Impugned order by District Magistrate set aside

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K Agrawal J., set aside the impugned order having no substantial reason for rejecting parole of a female

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Madras HC | Whether women marrying life convicts are examined by SCW or NCW to ascertain as to whether willingness of marriage has been obtained from women? Court examines

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of N. Kirubakaran and P. Velmurugan, JJ., while addressing the present petition observed that, Court fails to

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COVID-19| No prisoner shall be released without taking appropriate steps if he/she has suffered from coronavirus disease

Supreme Court: After the Court  had, on March 23, 2020, directed each State/Union Territory to constitute a High Powered Committee to determine which

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COVID-19| Ensure that prisoners released on parole are not left stranded due to lockdown: SC to Centre

Supreme Court: The bench of SA Bobde, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao, J has asked the Union of India to ensure that

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P&H HC | Recent parole time is no ground to deny furlough to convict 

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajiv Narain Raina, J. allowed the petition to grant furlough to the petitioner and quashed the impugned

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P&H HC | Convicts cannot claim premature release as a matter of right if their cases are not squarely covered under the relevant Premature Release Policy

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. dismissed the petition on the grounds that the petitioner could be considered again

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Utt HC | Release on parole is a wing of reformative process and is to transform prisoner into a useful citizen

Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj Kumar K. Tiwari, J. contemplated a petition where the prisoner had sought parole from the Court citing personal

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Raj HC | Court grants parole without surety to convict-petitioner due to poor family financial conditions

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sandeep Mehta and Abhay Chaturvedi, JJ. accepted a writ petition for parole and directed the

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Guj HC | Object of parole is to enable the inmate to maintain continuity with family life: Bail allowed on ground of medical treatment of son 

Gujarat High Court: The Bench of V.P. Patel, J., allowed the application filed for temporary bail under Section 439 of the Code

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Conjugal Visit– Parole granted to life convict |Man is a social animal, he needs a family as well as a society to live in|

Madras High Court: A Division Bench comprising of C.T. Selvam and S. Ramathilagam, JJ. ordered parole of two weeks to a life-convict in

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Taking care of hospitalised wife and minor children held sufficient ground for grant of parole: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a petition for extension of parole subject to the conditions

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“Hindu religion is not mere a religion but a way of living in a scientific manner”: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: The Single Judge Bench comprising of V.K. Bist, J. disposed of a petition while giving certain directions in regard