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Explain delay in deciding mercy petitions: SC to govt

-The Indian Express   Expressing concern over delay by the Centre and state governments in deciding mercy pleas of Prisoners on death row, the Supreme Court today sought from them the records of all such cases. A Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhyay said the home secretaries of all the states would send the records of all cases of mercy pleas to states within three days to the Centre,...

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SC unhappy over delay in deciding mercy petitions

-PTI Expressing concern over delay by the Centre and state governments in deciding mercy pleas of Prisoners on death row, the Supreme Court today sought from them the records of all such cases. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhyay said the home secretaries of all the states would send the records of all cases of mercy pleas to states within three days to the Centre, which would...

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Undertrials can’t be kept in jail forever: SC

-The Times of India   The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that lodging under-trial accused in jailindefinitely will breach their fundamental right to life and ordered release of joint managing director of a big grain export firm on bail in a case of alleged defrauding of nationalized banks. Releasing Dipak S Mehta of Vishal Exports Overseas Ltd on bail similar to the apex court's earlier decision to grant bail to corporate bigwigs...

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To work & back to Tihar every day by Imran Ahmed Siddiqui

Behave well, step out of jail. Select inmates of Tihar jail can now work outside the high-security walls of Asia’s biggest prison, provided, of course, they have not violated jail manuals and their conduct has been good. The inmates will have to come back to their cells at night. The move to allow well-behaved Prisoners to work outside the jail complex follows a recent nod from the Delhi government to a rehabilitation plan...

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NHRC orders U.P. to provide relief to maltreated Prisoners by J Balaji

Taking a serious view of an incident last year in which three inmates at a district jail in Bhadoi, Uttar Pradesh, were hung by the legs and beaten up severely, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the State government to provide relief of Rs.25,000 to each of Suresh alias Suraj, Rajkumar alias Chhotu and Raj Bahadur Yadav and the commission asked the State Chief Secretary to send the...

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