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Categorise Undertrial Cases As ‘Priority Sector Litigation’: J&K High Court(03.01.2018)
Jammu & Kashmir High Court has reiterated the need to categorize cases relating to undertrial prisoners as a priority sector litigation.
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Delhi HC Seeks Status Report on Impact of Extension of Interim Orders on Undertrial Prisoners(20.07.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought status report from the Delhi Government on the impact of extension of interim orders, and interim bails granted to the und.....
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Delhi HC Transfers CBI Investigation into Allegation of Killing of Undertrial Prisoner in Tihar Jail(22.07.2021)
Delhi High Court has transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation the investigation into alleged killing of an undertrial prisoner by jail officers .....
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SC: Prisoner is Entitled to be Treated With Dignity and Sympathy(08.02.2016)
SC has said that prisoner is entitled to be treated with dignity,sympathy and directed Undertrial Review Committee to see that undertrial prisoners ar.....
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Delhi High Court Wants Records of Undertrials in Public Domain(13.12.2017)
Delhi High Court has directed the DG (Prisons), the city government and the police to implement a system which would put in public domain the records .....
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Bombay HC Directs Shifting of Terminally Ill Undertrial Prisoner in Naxal Blast Case(09.09.2021)
Bombay High Court has allowed a terminally ill prison inmate suffering from stage four cancer to take palliative care or pain management at a hospice .....
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SC Stays Delhi High Court Order Denying Extension of Interim Bail to Undertrials(30.10.2020)
Supreme Court has stayed the order of the Delhi High Court denying further extension of interim bails granted to undertrials.
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Delhi HC Issues Directions to Ensure Custody of Undertrial Prisoner Not Extended Mechanically(20.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued slew of directions to ensure that the custody of an undertrial is not extended mechanically in view of sec. 167(2) of the .....
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Delhi HC Directs Filing of Status Report in Alleged Murder of 23-Year Old Undertrial Prisoner(25.02.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Police to file a status report within 3 days in a compensation petition on the alleged murder of a 23-year old.....
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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Undertrial Languishing in Jail for 9 Years(02.03.2021)
Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused in a murder case who had been languishing in jail for 9 years while observing that there was no likelihoo.....
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Delhi High Court: Undertrials Languishing in Jail Despite Being Granted Bail(02.04.2018)
Delhi High Court, while taking strict note of the issue of several undertrials languishing in jail, has laid down extensive guidelines regarding bail .....
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Calcutta HC Directs to Probe Into Case of Undertrial Gone Missing from Correctional Home(24.01.2022)
Calcutta High Court has appointed Advocate General S.N Mookherjee to conduct a thorough probe into the case wherein an undertrial had allegedly gone m.....
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SC Extends Stay of Delhi HC Order Which Denied Extension of Interim Bail to Undertrials(08.12.2020)
Supreme Court has extended the stay of the order of the Delhi High Court denying further extension of interim bails granted to undertrials.
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Bombay HC: Seriousness of Accusation No Reason to Deny Bail to Undertrial if Half Sentence Served(13.10.2022)
Bombay High Court while granting bail to a businessman accused of duping investors under Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financia.....
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Delhi HC Directs 3499 Undertrial Prisoners to Surrender Before Jail Superintendents(08.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed all 3499 undertrial prisoners who were granted interim bails on the recommendations of the High Powered Committee, to su.....
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SC: Petitioners can File Fresh Cases as Plea on Undertrials Set Aside(12.02.2021)
Supreme Court has set aside a plea seeking direction to State Governments to stop the influx of undertrials to prisons and implement orders of the Ape.....
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Delhi HC to Trial Court Judges: Show Sensitivity Towards Undertrials(09.01.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that although criminal courts are duty bound to consider rights of victim, they can’t overlook the rights of an accus.....
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Gauhati HC: Undertrial Can’t Seek Private Hospital Treatment When Same is Available in Govt Hospital(11.01.2023)
Gauhati High Court has held that fundamental right to seek medical treatment can’t be interpreted and extended to get undertrial treated in a private .....
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Delhi HC: Keeping Undertrial in Custody Would Impact His Right to Defend During Trial(09.02.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that keeping an undertrial in custody would impact his right to defend himself during trial and that he will be clearly .....
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Delhi High Court: Take Steps to Release 152 Tihar Undertrials(24.08.2015)
Delhi High Court has initiated steps to ensure the release of 152 women undertrials languishing in Tihar Jail for more than six months due to its conc.....
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JKL HC: Only Court has Power to Transfer Undertrial Prisoner from One Jail to Another(01.05.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that power to remand or transfer of an undertrial prisoner from one jail to another is to be exercise.....
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SC: Getting Bail Would be Impossible if Courts Does Plain & Literal Interpretation of S. 37 NDPS Act(31.03.2023)
Supreme Court while granting bail to undertrial prisoner arrested 7 years ago under NDPS Act, has observed that plain & literal interpretation of cond.....
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Mumbai Court: Nude Strip Searching of Undertrial Prisoner Violates Right to Privacy(17.04.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court while observing that right to avail appropriate remedy under law can’t be construed as obstruction in course o.....
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Mumbai Court: Nude Strip Searching of Undertrial Prisoner Violates Right to Privacy(17.04.2023)
Mumbai Court has while directing Mumbai Central Prison authorities to use scanners and electronic gadgets to conduct personal searches of Undertrial P.....
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Supreme Court: Undertrial Review Panel's Functioning Needs Fine-Tuning(01.11.2017)
Supreme Court has said that jail officials must be made part of Undertrial Review Committees (UTRCs) in the states and a standard operating procedure .....
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Delhi HC: Undertrials Accused of Economic Offences Not Eligible for Interim Bail(11.08.2020)
Delhi High Court has refused to quash decision of the High Powered Committee constituted to decongest the prisons whereby under trial prisoners accuse.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Status Report from DSLSA on Women Undertrial Prisoners(08.12.2015)
Delhi High Court has irked over condition of women undertrial prisoners who are still suffering in jails despite undergoing detention for half of thei.....
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Delhi HC Extends Interim Bail Granted to Undertrial Prisoners for 45 Days(11.05.2020)
Delhi High Court has extended the interim bail granted to Under Trial Prisoners (UTP) for 45 days in light of the continuing COVID19 pandemic on the r.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Response on Whether S. 479 of BNSS Applies Retrospectively(14.08.2024)
Supreme Court while hearing a PIL on overcrowding of prisons in the country, has sought the response of Centre on whether Section 479 of Bharatiya Nag.....
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Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Undertrial In Jail for Over 11 Years(13.05.2022)
Allahabad High Court has granted bail to an undertrial prisoner who has been in jail for over 11 years regarding an attempt to murder case. The court .....
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SC: Benefit of Section 479 BNSS Extended to Undertrials in Cases Registered Before 1st July(26.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that Section 479 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 shall have a retrospective application across the country and shal.....
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