Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds a woman’s conviction for kidnapping and murdering a toddler but commutes her death sentence to 30 years’ rigorous imprisonment without remission, finding her not beyond reform.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court’s key rulings this week cover CEC appointment law, Section 197 CrPC, POCSO safeguards, Article 311, life imprisonment, Companies Act, arbitration, Hindu property rights, gratuity and bribery.
Supreme Court holds that a Sessions Court cannot direct a life convict to remain in prison for the rest of their natural life by excluding statutory remission, and modifies the sentence to 25 years without remission.
Meghalaya HC quashes rejection of life convict's remission plea, holds age and fitness alone cannot justify denying premature release. Can a prisoner be denied remission just for being fit and 40? Meghalaya HC says no, ordering fresh review of a life convict's plea.
Two Bilkis Bano case convicts file a Supreme Court plea challenging a judgment that quashed their early release, citing judicial impropriety.
Supreme Court directed former MP Anand Mohan to surrender passport and record presence in police station ever 15 days.
While setting aside the remission order granted to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape, the Supreme Court stated that the State of Gujarat acted in tandem and was complicit with a convict who ...
Explore the Supreme Court's examination of whether state governments can impose conditional remissions on convicts and revoke them if conditions are breached. Get insights into a case involving Mafabh...
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