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Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Right to avail legal remedy in Supreme Court cannot be denied; Delhi High Court grants parole to rape convict

The Delhi High Court granted four weeks parole to a rape convict and held that right of a citizen to avail a legal remedy in the final court of country cannot be denied.

Published on January 7, 2023January 13, 2023By Editor
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Justice Bela M Trivedi recuses from hearing Bilkis Bano’s plea

When on August 15, 2022, her rapists walked out of the prison after serving 15 years’ imprisonment based on Gujarat Government’s remission policy, Bilkis Bano found herself “bereft of words” and “numb”. The matter is now before the Supreme Court.

Published on December 15, 2022December 15, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“He was kind enough to leave the prosecutrix alive”: Madhya Pradesh High Court observes while reducing rape convict’s sentence

Madhya Pradesh High Court | The Division Bench comprising of Subodh Abhyankar* and Satyendra Kumar Singh, JJ., reduces life imprisonment awarded to

Published on October 28, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Court of Appeal of the Republic of Singapore | Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunal is only revived to the extent of the remission ordered

“Apart from the remission ordered, there is no basis on which a party in CKH’s position or the Tribunal itself can seek to re-open or expand the subject matter of the award or arbitration.”

Published on September 28, 2022By Editor
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Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Pre-mature release] More beneficial category to convict will be applicable when the case falls under two different categories held Bombay High Court

    Bombay High Court: In a petition filed by two convicts (‘petitioners’) challenging an order dated 09-07-2021 passed by Home Department,

Published on September 22, 2022By Editor
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Case Briefs

Decide all 350 bail applications in one go, Supreme Court directs Allahabad HC to expeditiously dispose of bail applications in cases pending for 10 years and 14 years

Supreme Court: On being appraised of high number of pending bail applications in 10-14 years old cases, the Division Bench of Sanjay

Published on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

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

Published on May 10, 2022May 13, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

“An opinion accompanied by inadequate reasoning would not satisfy the requirements of Section 432 (2), CrPC”, SC directs presiding officer to reconsider remission application

“Section 432 (2) of the CrPC would stand defeated if the opinion of the presiding judge becomes just another factor that may be taken into consideration by the government while deciding the application for remission.”

Published on May 5, 2022May 6, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Murder convict seeks remission of sentence on the ground of being 100% visually impaired. Can disability be a ground for remission? SC answers 

Supreme Court: While addressing the plea of a murder convict seeking remission on the ground of blindness, the Division Bench comprising of

Published on March 16, 2022March 16, 2022By Editor
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

7-year-old’s “brutal” rape and murder: SC commutes Death sentence; No premature release/remission during 30 years’ LI as “conscience of the society cannot be ignored” 

Supreme Court: In a case where a man had brutally raped and murdered a 7-year-old girl, the 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar,

Published on March 7, 2022March 11, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

High Court’s Revisional jurisdiction under Section 401 Cr.P.C re power to reverse acquittal. SC answers important questions

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has answered the following three important questions on the revisional jurisdiction

Published on January 27, 2022January 28, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Explained| Can An Award Be Remitted To The Arbitrator In Absence Of Findings On The Contentious Issues?

Supreme Court: Explaining the provision of remission under Section 34 (4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the bench of R.

Published on January 7, 2022January 14, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Can a policy framed under Article 161 for grant of remission override the requirements under Section 433-A CrPC? Larger bench to decide

Supreme Court: Dealing with an issue relating to special remission being granted to certain categories of prisoners by the Governor of Haryana

Published on July 17, 2020July 24, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Evidentiary value, duty of Judge, sentencing in criminal trial discussed and reiterated; conviction of murder convict upheld: SC

Each criminal trial is but a quest for search of the truth. Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha

Published on September 20, 2018September 21, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Murder convict’s punishment of ‘life imprisonment without remission’ modified to ‘Life imprisonment Simpliciter’: SC

Supreme Court:  The Bench comprising of A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ., addressed an appeal of a convict punished under Sections 302,

Published on July 16, 2018August 2, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Court cannot exercise the power to grant remission under Article 32 of the Constitution

Supreme Court: Deciding the matter regarding the Court’s power to remit or pardon, the bench of Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh,

Published on July 1, 2016August 20, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Union Government is the appropriate authority for remission in case of offences committed under Central Statutes

Supreme Court: In the matter where the Court was hearing the petition against the order of the Punjab & Haryana High Court

Published on June 30, 2016July 6, 2016By Sucheta
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