Remission without reform: On the release of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case
2 years, 7 months ago

Remission without reform: On the release of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case

The Hindu  

The release of 11 convicts sentenced to life for the heinous murder of seven people and the gang-rape of three women during the Gujarat communal pogrom of 2002 is a questionable decision by the State. It defies logic that those convicted for direct involvement in the rape of three women, the murder of a three-year-old and six others can be considered candidates for premature release under any remission policy. The remission also runs contrary to the spirit of contemporary thinking on treating crimes against women and children, especially rape combined with murder, as so heinous that the perpetrators should not be considered for remission. does permit premature release in the form of remission or commutation, but it should be based on a legal and constitutional scheme, and not on a ruler’s whimsy.

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Governments obliged to consider remission of eligible convicts without waiting for application: SC
1 month ago

Governments obliged to consider remission of eligible convicts without waiting for application: SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court in a judgment on Tuesday declared that appropriate governments must consider the premature release of convicts when they become eligible, without waiting for the convicts or their relatives to apply for remission of sentence. “Where there is a policy of the appropriate government laying down guidelines for consideration of the grant of premature release under Section 432 …

Supreme Court Gives Union Time To Take Decision On Policy For Premature Release Of Convicts In Jammu & Kashmir
1 month ago

Supreme Court Gives Union Time To Take Decision On Policy For Premature Release Of Convicts In Jammu & Kashmir

Live Law  

In the matter where the Supreme Court nudged Jammu and Kashmir administration to frame a policy for premature release of convicts, the UT administration has filed a Report, taking into account which the Union was today given 4 weeks' time to take appropriate decision.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh heard the matter and passed the order, …

Madras High Court directs authorities to reconsider 82-year-old life convict's plea for premature release
1 month ago

Madras High Court directs authorities to reconsider 82-year-old life convict's plea for premature release

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has reaffirmed that the power to grant premature release lies at the discretion of the government, the Governor, and the President under Section 432 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and Articles 161 and 72 of the Constitution, and directed authorities to reconsider a fresh representation from a life convict …

Prisoners can be granted leave irrespective of their pending appeals against conviction, rules Madras High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Prisoners can be granted leave irrespective of their pending appeals against conviction, rules Madras High Court

The Hindu  

Convicts can be granted ordinary as well as emergency leave even if their appeals, against the conviction, were pending either before the High Court or the Supreme Court provided they were not facing trial in any other case, a Full Bench of the Madras High Court has held. The Full Bench agreed with State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohamed Jinnah that …

Supreme Court seeks Odisha and CBI’s reply on Dara’s remission plea
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court seeks Odisha and CBI’s reply on Dara’s remission plea

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the CBI to file its reply on the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving life sentence for the ghastly killing of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons in Keonjhar district in 1999. Before asking the CBI to file its reply in four weeks, a …

Bilkis Bano Convicts' Case: SC Dismisses Gujarat Govt's Plea To Review Observations Against State In Jan 8 Verdict
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bilkis Bano Convicts' Case: SC Dismisses Gujarat Govt's Plea To Review Observations Against State In Jan 8 Verdict

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by the Gujarat government seeking a review of its January 8 verdict in the Bilkis Bano convicts' case over certain observations and remarks made against the state for its conduct regarding the premature release of the 11 convicts. In February, the Gujarat government had filed a plea seeking a review of …

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court dismisses Gujarat review plea to take back adverse comments
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court dismisses Gujarat review plea to take back adverse comments

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday found no “error apparent on the face of the record” or merit in a petition filed by the Gujarat government to review adverse remarks made against it by the top court in a January 8 judgment, which quashed the premature release of 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and …

Gujarat govt moves SC seeking review of verdict in Bilkis Bano case, says extreme observation unwarranted
1 year, 1 month ago

Gujarat govt moves SC seeking review of verdict in Bilkis Bano case, says extreme observation unwarranted

India TV News  

The Gujarat government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of the court's verdict that quashed the remission granted to 11 men convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members during the 2002 riots, saying certain observations made against the state were unwarranted. The Gujarat government has said the apex court's observation …

Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Convict Out On Parole After 16 Days In Jail As Father-In-Law Expires
1 year, 1 month ago

Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Convict Out On Parole After 16 Days In Jail As Father-In-Law Expires

ABP News  

After spending 16 days in jail post surrender on January 21, a convict in Bilkis Bano's gang rape case was granted Parole from the Gujarat High Court for five days due to the death of his father-in-law. As directed by the Supreme Court, the eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered at the Godhra jail on the night of …

Bilkis Bano case: All 11 convicts surrender at Godhra sub-jail following Supreme Court verdict
1 year, 1 month ago

Bilkis Bano case: All 11 convicts surrender at Godhra sub-jail following Supreme Court verdict

India TV News  

Bilkis Bano case: In adherence to the deadline set by the Supreme Court, all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered late Sunday night at Godhra sub-jail in Gujarat's Panchmahal district. This development marks a pivotal moment in the legal proceedings surrounding the Bilkis Bano case, emphasizing the court's commitment to upholding justice and ensuring the enforcement of its …

Bilkis Bano case convicts not ‘missing’, under police watch, official says
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case convicts not ‘missing’, under police watch, official says

Hindustan Times  

All the 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case of 2002, who are currently out on remission, are under ‘police watch’ and are not missing, PTI reported on Friday, quoting a senior Gujarat Police officer. On January 8, a bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court scrapped the remission granted to the 11 …

Legally speaking | Understanding the remission guidelines set out in the Bilkis Bano case by the Supreme Court
1 year, 2 months ago

Legally speaking | Understanding the remission guidelines set out in the Bilkis Bano case by the Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

On Friday, the Supreme Court refused to extend the deadline of surrender by 11 convicts of the Bilkis Bano gangrape case — a few days previously, the top court came down heavily on the government of Gujarat while quashing the order of remission granted by the state government to the 11 convicts in August 2022. In 2022, the Supreme Court …

‘Gave enough time’: Supreme Court rejects 11 Bilkis convicts’ request for time
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Gave enough time’: Supreme Court rejects 11 Bilkis convicts’ request for time

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected applications by the 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case seeking more time to surrender, saying the top court’s January 8 order already gave them two weeks to surrender. According to the January 8 order that quashed the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to the convicts, the 11 …

Bilkis Bano case: Five convicts seek more time to surrender, SC to hear plea on Jan 19
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Five convicts seek more time to surrender, SC to hear plea on Jan 19

New Indian Express  

Convict Govindbhai Nai, in his application, a copy accessed by TNIE, filed before the Supreme Court, had stated that he is the only caregiver for his ailing 88-year-old father, who is bedridden and completely dependent on him. Another convict Ramesh Chandana too in his plea requested for further time to surrender citing his young son who is of marriageable age …

Bilkis Bano and the wheels of justice
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano and the wheels of justice

New Indian Express  

- By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty NEW DELHI: A woman deserves respect howsoever high or low she may be otherwise considered in society or to whatever faith she may follow or any creed she may belong to. That was how the Supreme Court framed the question on remission to 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case in its preface. Fortunes …

No information yet about surrender of Bilkis Bano case convicts: Police
1 year, 2 months ago

No information yet about surrender of Bilkis Bano case convicts: Police

Deccan Chronicle  

Dahod: No information has been received yet about the surrender of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case after the Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat government's decision to grant them remission, but a police force remains deployed in the area where they live to maintain peace, a senior official said on Tuesday. The convicts, however, are "not incommunicado" and …

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission
1 year, 2 months ago

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission

The Hindu  

In an article in The Hindu, I had characterised the grant of remission to the 11 gang-rape and murder convicts in the Bilkis Bano case as an ‘injustice of exceptionalism’. Despite the law being amply clear in a Constitution Bench decision in Union of India vs V. Sriharan that the appropriate government to decide a remission application is the State …

In Bilkis Bano order, the rule of law is upheld
1 year, 2 months ago

In Bilkis Bano order, the rule of law is upheld

Hindustan Times  

On January 8, in a much-awaited decision, the Supreme Court of India quashed the grant of remission to the 11 men who had been convicted of gangraping Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat riots and murdering seven of her family members. After engaging in a detailed analysis, the Court — writing through justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan — quashed …

Bilkis Bano’s rapists ordered to return to prison: Why this isn’t the end of the matter
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano’s rapists ordered to return to prison: Why this isn’t the end of the matter

Firstpost  

“I have wept tears of relief. It feels like a stone the size of a mountain has been lifted from my chest, and I can breathe again,” said Bilkis Bano on Monday after the Supreme Court ordered the 11 men, who were convicted of raping her and then killing her family, to return to jail within two weeks’ time. Apply …

Unlawful remission: The Hindu Editorial on the Bilkis Bano case
1 year, 2 months ago

Unlawful remission: The Hindu Editorial on the Bilkis Bano case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India verdict quashing the orders releasing 11 men convicted for the heinous gang-rape and murder of several members of a family during the Gujarat pogrom in 2002 is an unequivocal indictment of the State government. The men had been sentenced to life by a Sessions Court in Mumbai after the investigation in the ‘Bilkis Bano case’ …

Centre and Gujarat Govt Must Apologise to Bilkis Bano: Owaisi
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre and Gujarat Govt Must Apologise to Bilkis Bano: Owaisi

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday demanded that the BJP-ruled Central and the Gujarat state governments must immediately apologise to Bilkis Bano for their support to the rapists and killers, who had attacked her and killed her family members. Speaking to reporters, Owaisi said that the Supreme Court verdict quashing the remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano …

Bilkis Bano case | Grant of remission ‘classic case’ of using SC order to violate law: verdict
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | Grant of remission ‘classic case’ of using SC order to violate law: verdict

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on January 8 said the grant of remission to 11 men serving life sentence in the Bilkis Bano case was a “classic case” of using a Supreme Court order to violate the law. The court was referring to its May 2022 decision, delivered by a Bench headed by Justice Ajay Rastogi, allowing Gujarat to decide the application …

Bilkis Bano's rapists to return to jail: What is the 2002 case? Why were the convicts freed?
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano's rapists to return to jail: What is the 2002 case? Why were the convicts freed?

Firstpost  

Bilkis Bano must have heaved a sigh of relief today as the Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat government’s order granting remission to 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case. A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan in its order said that the Gujarat Government had no jurisdiction to entertain the application for remission …

Bilkis Bano case: Congress hits out at Gujarat BJP govt as SC quashes remission order
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Congress hits out at Gujarat BJP govt as SC quashes remission order

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: With the Supreme Court quashing the remission granted to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members, the Congress on Monday claimed the Gujarat BJP government's approach was to save the criminals rather than ensuring justice for the victim. Human rights lawyer Anand Yagnik said the Gujarat government's decision …

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court quashes early release of 11 lifers
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court quashes early release of 11 lifers

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the order of en masse remission granted by the State of Gujarat in August 2022 to 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family, including a two-month-old infant during the 2002 riots. Explained | The remission laws that paved the way for release of the …

Bilkis Bano gang rape case: SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts, asks them to surrender within 2 weeks
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano gang rape case: SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts, asks them to surrender within 2 weeks

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court of India Monday strike down the decision of Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in the state. The apex court said the Gujarat government had no competence to grant remission and has directed all 11 …

SC quashes decision to prematurely release convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case
1 year, 2 months ago

SC quashes decision to prematurely release convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts involved in the case of the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Noting that the state, where an offender is tried and sentenced, is competent to decide the remission plea of convicts, the …

SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case
1 year, 2 months ago

SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case

Live Mint  

Bilkis Bano Case: The Supreme Court on January 8 held that the May 2022 order of another bench of the top court is null since it was obtained by fraud by the petitioner convict. It quashed the order of the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the rape of Bilkis Bano. Track LIVE | Bilkis Bano …

India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case
1 year, 2 months ago

India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case

Al Jazeera  

Bano, now in her forties, was five months pregnant when she was gang-raped during the 2002 anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat state. India’s Supreme Court has quashed the remission given to 11 Hindu men who had been jailed for life for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murdering her relatives during anti-Muslim riots in the western state of Gujarat in …

Bilkis Bano Case | Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Pleas Challenging Premature Release of 11 Convicts; Asks Centre, Gujarat To Produce Records
1 year, 5 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case | Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Pleas Challenging Premature Release of 11 Convicts; Asks Centre, Gujarat To Produce Records

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a clutch of pleas against the decision of the Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. Besides pointing to the heinous, barbaric, and communally-motivated nature of the offences …

Bilkis Bano Case | Convicts Argue That Remission Can Be Challenged Only Before High Courts; Supreme Court Expresses Doubts
1 year, 6 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case | Convicts Argue That Remission Can Be Challenged Only Before High Courts; Supreme Court Expresses Doubts

Live Law  

In the Bilkis Bano case, Senior Advocate V Chitambaresh, appearing for the released convicts, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a remission order can be challenged only in a high court, and not in the Supreme Court. A remission order is open to judicial review only under Article 226, and not under Article 32.” A bench of Justices BV …

Life Convicts Have No Inherent Right To Claim Premature Release: Punjab & Haryana High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Life Convicts Have No Inherent Right To Claim Premature Release: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that a life convict has no inherent right to claim premature release as it is merely a concession, granted at the discretion of the State government after looking into various factors such as the conduct of the convict in jail, gravity and nature of the offence etc.The bench of Justice …

Bilkis Bano case: What Supreme Court said after observing one of the convicts was practicing law
1 year, 6 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: What Supreme Court said after observing one of the convicts was practicing law

India TV News  

Bilkis Bano case: What Supreme Court said after observing one of the convicts was practicing law Radheshyam Shah, one of the 11 convicts who were released prematurely, informed the court that he has started practising law after getting out of jail. The Supreme Court expressed surprise after observing that one of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape and murder …

Bilkis Bano case: SC raps Gujarat govt over ‘selective’ remission to accused
1 year, 7 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC raps Gujarat govt over ‘selective’ remission to accused

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India told the Gujarat government that a state should not be ‘selective’ in granting remission to their prisoners. This was said in relation to the eleven accused of gangraping Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat Riots. Besides the petition filed by Bilkis Bano contesting the remission granted to them, several other PILs including one by CPI …

In Bilkis Bano case, SC asks Gujarat why remission policy was applied selectively
1 year, 7 months ago

In Bilkis Bano case, SC asks Gujarat why remission policy was applied selectively

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Gujarat government whether its premature release policy for prisoners was applied only “selectively”. The petitioners, including Ms. Bano, have challenged the release of 11 convicts under the State’s Premature Release Policy of 1992. The other writ petitions filed by CPI leader Subhashini Ali and others like Trinamool Congress leader Mahia Moitra have also …

Bilkis Bano Case | Gujarat Govt Says Convicts Deserve Chance of Reformation; Supreme Court Asks, ‘Why Is Remission Policy Being Selectively Applied?’
1 year, 7 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case | Gujarat Govt Says Convicts Deserve Chance of Reformation; Supreme Court Asks, ‘Why Is Remission Policy Being Selectively Applied?’

Live Law  

The Supreme Court questioned why the policy for premature release was being applied selectively, during Thursday’s hearing in the challenge against the remission granted to Bilkis Bano’s rapists. There is only one life…hopefully.” ASG Raju explained, “My submission is that the court could have said that the second sentence would continue after remission in the first. The issue is whether …

Bilkis Bano case: SC says state govts should not be selective in remission
1 year, 7 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC says state govts should not be selective in remission

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Gujarat government that the state governments should not be selective in granting remission to convicts and the opportunity to reform and reintegrate with society should be given to every prisoner. The Gujarat government defended its decision of premature release of all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case during the 2002 riots. …

Calcutta High Court Directs Sentence Review Board To Reconsider Plea For Remission Of Man Who Has Spent 23 Yrs In Jail
1 year, 7 months ago

Calcutta High Court Directs Sentence Review Board To Reconsider Plea For Remission Of Man Who Has Spent 23 Yrs In Jail

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has recently directed the West Bengal State Sentence Review Board to reconsider the plea of a petitioner, who has spent 23 years in incarceration, for remission of sentence, upon noting that the Board which had considered the plea was not only improperly constituted, but had also failed to consider the National Human Rights Commission Guidelines on …

Bombay High Court Orders Release Of 30-Yr-Old Convicted In 41 Theft Cases And Sentenced To Over 83 Yrs Imprisonment
1 year, 8 months ago

Bombay High Court Orders Release Of 30-Yr-Old Convicted In 41 Theft Cases And Sentenced To Over 83 Yrs Imprisonment

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has ordered the release of a 30-year-old man convicted in 41 theft cases and sentenced to over 83 year in prison, as the trial courts did not order his sentences to run concurrently. “if the petitioner is permitted to undergo imprisonment in all the aforesaid cases, he would be compelled to undergo imprisonment of approximately 83 …

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Fixes Aug 7 for Final Hearing of Pleas Against Remission to Convicts
1 year, 8 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Fixes Aug 7 for Final Hearing of Pleas Against Remission to Convicts

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed August 7 for the start of the final hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the remission granted last year to all the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The top court had on May 2 deferred the hearing …

'Barring Remission For Convicts Who Murdered Public Servants Discriminatory' : Bihar Govt Defends Premature Release Of Anand Mohan
1 year, 8 months ago

'Barring Remission For Convicts Who Murdered Public Servants Discriminatory' : Bihar Govt Defends Premature Release Of Anand Mohan

Live Law  

In a counter affidavit, recently, filed before the Supreme Court, the State of Bihar has defended the early release of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, convicted in the case for mob lynching of Gopalganj District Magistrate, G. Krishnaiah in 1994. As per the remission policy of the State of Bihar, persons who are convicted for murder of public servants on …

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court to hear plea on convicts’ remission
1 year, 10 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court to hear plea on convicts’ remission

Live Mint  

Supreme Court on Tuesday will continue to hear a plea by Bilkis Bano, who has challenged the remission granted to 11 men convicted for gangraping her during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The pleas were filed by the National Federation of Indian Women, whose General Secretary is Annie Raja, Member of the Communist Party of India Subhashini Ali, journalist Revati Laul, …

Bilkis Bano Case | Union & Gujarat Govt Agree to Share Files On Remission Of 11 Life Convicts After Initially Expressing Reluctance
1 year, 10 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case | Union & Gujarat Govt Agree to Share Files On Remission Of 11 Life Convicts After Initially Expressing Reluctance

Live Law  

After initially expressing their reluctance to share information pertaining to the remission of the 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, the Centre and the Gujarat government both did a volte-face and agreed to place the original records before the Supreme Court of India. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna was hearing a batch of petitions …

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court defers to May 9 hearing on pleas challenging remission of 11 convicts
1 year, 10 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court defers to May 9 hearing on pleas challenging remission of 11 convicts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on May 2 deferred to May 9 the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the remission granted to the 11 convicts last year in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. “It is a kind of grace which should be proportional to crime.” The Centre …

Bilkis Bano Case: Supreme Court To Hear Pleas For Final Disposal Against Release Of 11 Convicts Today
1 year, 10 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case: Supreme Court To Hear Pleas For Final Disposal Against Release Of 11 Convicts Today

ABP News  

The Supreme Court will today hear a batch of petitions for final disposal against the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. Last month, the apex court questioned the parole granted by the Gujarat government to the convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and killing of her family members during the …

PIL In Patna HC Challenges State Govt’s Move To Amend Rule Under Prison Manual Concerning Early Release Of Life Convicts
1 year, 10 months ago

PIL In Patna HC Challenges State Govt’s Move To Amend Rule Under Prison Manual Concerning Early Release Of Life Convicts

Live Law  

A Public Interest Litigation plea has been moved before the Patna High Court seeking to quash a circular issued by the Home Department, Bihar Government, on April 10, amending Rule 481 of Bihar Prison Manual, 2012 which deals with the early release of convicts serving life imprisonment. For context, the said rule forbade, among other things, the early release of …

20 years in jail, no remission for father who raped child: Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

20 years in jail, no remission for father who raped child: Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

A man, convicted for raping his nine-year-old daughter, has been ordered to undergo 20 years of imprisonment without remission by the Supreme Court saying sanctity of the very relationship were destroyed by his debauched and devastating acts. A special fast track court here had held the man guilty in 2013 and convicted him under Sections 376, 377 and 506 of …

‘Delaying tactic’: Mahua Moitra on remission of convicts in Bilkis Bano case
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Delaying tactic’: Mahua Moitra on remission of convicts in Bilkis Bano case

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday slammed the Gujarat government for claiming privilege over the files of remission or pre-mature release of the 11 convicts of the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. Read here: 'Pregnant woman gang-raped…': SC questions Bilkis Bano rapists' release While speaking to the reporters, she said, "This is a delaying tactic on the part of Centre …

Bilkis case: Centre, Gujarat govt tell SC they may seek review of order
1 year, 11 months ago

Bilkis case: Centre, Gujarat govt tell SC they may seek review of order

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre and the Gujarat government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that they may file a plea seeking a review of its March 27 order asking them to be ready with original files on the grant of remission to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. "The question is whether government applied its mind and what material …

Horrendous crime: Supreme Court questions Gujarat, Centre for releasing Bilkis Bano convicts
1 year, 11 months ago

Horrendous crime: Supreme Court questions Gujarat, Centre for releasing Bilkis Bano convicts

India Today  

The Centre and Gujarat will likely challenge a previous Supreme Court order that sought files on the premature release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. Gujarat sought not to produce the files citing privilege and said it might file a plea seeking review of the court’s order. On September 9, 2022, the Supreme Court asked Gujarat to place …

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