Life Convict Seeks Remission of Sentence
1 year, 3 months ago

Life Convict Seeks Remission of Sentence

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court on Friday took on file a case of a prisoner seeking premature release. Case against Outlook Directors quashed Justice K. Surender of the Telangana High Court quashed a defamation case against the directors of the publishing house of Outlook, an English weekly magazine. Vires of CGST Act challenged A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court admitted a writ plea challenging the vires of Section 16 c of Central Goods and Services Tax Act. HC stays summons of newspaper editors and records Justice Chillakur Sumalatha of Telangana High Court stayed proceedings before the senior civil judge, Nizamabad, summoning editors of six Telugu dailies and records of newspapers. HC stalls arrest of neighbour in a girl’s missing case Justice Anupama Chakravarthy of the Telangana High Court directed the police not to arrest a person on mere suspicion in an alleged case of kidnapping.

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Life Sentence for Telangana Man in 2014 Minor Rape and Murder Case
6 days, 17 hours ago

Life Sentence for Telangana Man in 2014 Minor Rape and Murder Case

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Ten years after a minor girl was raped and killed, the accused was convicted and given a life imprisonment at Rangareddy district court on Tuesday. Vanasthalipuram police received a missing case in the first week of January by the deceased's mother mentioning two suspects. His questioning revealed that the girl was staying with Koteshwaramma, her aunt and the accused …

Supreme Court Allows Interim Release Of 103-Year-Old Convict Serving Life Sentence In 1988 Murder Case
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Supreme Court Allows Interim Release Of 103-Year-Old Convict Serving Life Sentence In 1988 Murder Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim release to a 103-year-old convict serving life sentence for the offence of murder. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing a plea filed by the convict seeking interim release. The accused/ petitioner was convicted in 1994 by the trial court for the offence of murder under S. 302 …

Legal Briefs | Telangana HC sets aside life imprisonment of hotel worker
1 month, 1 week ago

Legal Briefs | Telangana HC sets aside life imprisonment of hotel worker

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court set aside a life sentence imposed on a hotel worker. Return certificates to student, Malla Reddy medical college told Justice K. Lakshman of the Telangana High Court directed Malla Reddy Medical College for Women to promptly return a student’s original certificates. TGPSC bid to withhold appointment letters challenged Justice Pulla Karthik …

Telangana HC directs govt. to consider pension plea of 90-year-old woman
4 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC directs govt. to consider pension plea of 90-year-old woman

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court passed an interim order directing the government to consider the representation of a 90-year-old retired government lecturer who was seeking her pension. Senior counsel L. Ravichander, appearing for the petitioner, pointed out that despite various representations to the concerned authorities, her pension remained unsanctioned. He also brought to the notice of …

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea
4 months, 1 week ago

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case. In May, the Supreme Court also agreed to hear another plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the high court's …

Trial Court Cannot Convict Accused Based on Police Submissions: Telangana HC
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trial Court Cannot Convict Accused Based on Police Submissions: Telangana HC

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court made it clear that trial courts cannot convict an accused on a moral basis and the basis of the confession statement recorded by the police officers, which is inadmissible. The High Court suggested the trial courts keep in mind the five golden principles —panchsheel — summed up in ‘Sharad Birdhichand Sarda vs State of Maharashtra’, …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 8 agreed to examine the pleas filed by Delhi Police challenging the high court's order granting bail to four convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice on the four pleas filed by Delhi …

Centre’s Report Cited No Punishment of Rohith
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre’s Report Cited No Punishment of Rohith

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The police report on Rohith Vemula's suicide, issued by the Madhapur ACP and investigation officer, was based on a study of the suicide letter, forensic lab reports, caste certificates issued by the Guntur district collector, school certificates and the report of the MHRD ministry-appointed committee headed by Justice Ashok Kumar Rupanwal. In the final report, the investigation officer forwarded …

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused
10 months ago

Chandrasekharan murder case: Kerala HC upholds conviction of 12 accused

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 accused, including local Communist Party of India leaders, and set aside the acquittal of two others by a trial court in the case of the murder of TP Chandrasekharan, founder of Revolutionary Marxist Party, by a group of assailants in May 2012. Of the 12 accused convicted by the …

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life
10 months, 2 weeks ago

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a petition, filed by Chandrakant Jha, who is serving life term, seeking to know as to whether the specification of 'life sentence' would mean the entire life or can it be commuted or remitted by powers given under law. The Top Court's two-judge bench, headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and …

Calcutta High Court Directs Sentence Review Board To Reconsider Plea For Remission Of Man Who Has Spent 23 Yrs In Jail
1 year, 4 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 …

Uttarakhand: Court sentences 3 to life imprisonment in 11-year-old murder case
1 year, 5 months ago

Uttarakhand: Court sentences 3 to life imprisonment in 11-year-old murder case

India TV News  

A court here on Friday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for killing an RTI activist 11 years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Mukesh Chand Arya also imposed a fine of Rs 21,000 each on the three convicts. Government advocate Anuj Kumar Saini said that RTI activist and retired teacher Jagdish Prasad Chauhan was murdered in a field near …

Supreme Court to hear plea challenging former MP Anand Mohan's release
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court to hear plea challenging former MP Anand Mohan's release

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Monday agreed to hear on May 8, the petition filed by the wife of slain IAS officer G. Krishnaiah against the premature release of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing the officer. The pre-amended rules forbade, among other things, the …

Women sentenced to life term for husband's murder
1 year, 8 months ago

Women sentenced to life term for husband's murder

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A 27-year-old Reshma Begum, accused of killing her husband Mohd Sohail in March 2021, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by the VII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, Jai Kumar, on Wednesday. After killing her husband, Reshma was seen sitting beside the body till a media person videographed the scene and reported it to the police. The …

Life Convicts Release Committee Must Meet Once In 2 Months: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Life Convicts Release Committee Must Meet Once In 2 Months: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to ask the Life Convicts Release Committee, headed by the Principal Secretary, State Home Department, to meet once in two months to review and pass orders on applications made for premature release/remission made by convicts serving life imprisonment. “I deem it appropriate to direct the State Government to henceforth direct the …

Man gets lifer for murder of NRI businessman, 11 others acquitted
1 year, 9 months ago

Man gets lifer for murder of NRI businessman, 11 others acquitted

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The first additional metropolitan sessions judge at Nampally K. Kusha on Thursday sentenced Kavakutla Rakesh Reddy to life imprisonment for the murder of NRI businessman Chigurupati Jayaram. The court had convicted Reddy and acquitted 11 others, including three police officers in the case. Reddy was found guilty of murder, wrongful confinement and screening of evidence, but not found guilty …

If Life Imprisonment Is Imposed On Murder Convict, Term Sentence For Other Offences Runs Concurrently: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

If Life Imprisonment Is Imposed On Murder Convict, Term Sentence For Other Offences Runs Concurrently: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has clarified that if a term of life imprisonment under section 302 of Indian Penal Code is imposed on an accused and another fixed term sentence is imposed for another charge, then both sentences will run concurrently and not consecutively. The Sessions Court in terms of its order dated 09.12.2010, convicted the petitioners herein and sentenced …

Telangana HC rules remission is not an indefeasible right of convicts
1 year, 11 months ago

Telangana HC rules remission is not an indefeasible right of convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court held on Saturday that remission is not an indefeasible right of convicts, and they cannot seek premature release on the sole ground that they have completed 18 years of sentence and 24 years of sentence including remission. GO 30 said that convicted male prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for life and who had undergone an actual …

Supreme Court Grants Bail To A Life Convict In Godhra Train Burning Case, Considering Completion Of 17 Yrs Sentence & Role In Crime
2 years ago

Supreme Court Grants Bail To A Life Convict In Godhra Train Burning Case, Considering Completion Of 17 Yrs Sentence & Role In Crime

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a convict named Farook, sentenced to life in the Godhra carnage case, considering the fact that he has undergone 17 years sentence and that his role was of stone-pelting at the train.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha passed the order in an interlocutory application filed …

Release all life convicts after 10 years in jail unless …: Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Release all life convicts after 10 years in jail unless …: Supreme Court

India Today  

All convicts who have served 10 years of their life sentence and have appeals pending before courts must be granted bail unless there are reasons to deny it, the Supreme Court said as it looks to decongest the overcrowding in jails. A division bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay Shreeniwas Oka was hearing a batch of petitions of …

"Consider Their Case For Remission": Allahabad HC To State Govt While Upholding Life Sentences In 42 Year Old Murder Case
2 years, 6 months ago

"Consider Their Case For Remission": Allahabad HC To State Govt While Upholding Life Sentences In 42 Year Old Murder Case

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of two accused in connection with a murder case that dates back to the year 1980. The Court, however, directed the state government to consider their case for remission.The Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh and Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi asked the state government to take into account their advanced …

Wife's Transfer Petition Can Be Allowed If Husband's Offer To Pay Conveyance Charges For Attending Hearings Not Bonafide: Telangana High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Wife's Transfer Petition Can Be Allowed If Husband's Offer To Pay Conveyance Charges For Attending Hearings Not Bonafide: Telangana High Court

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has recently ruled that even if the husband offers to pay the conveyance charges for the wife to appear for the family court hearings, if such an offer seems to have been made without bona fides, it can order for the case to be transferred to the Family Court near the residence of the wife. On …

Supreme Court Seeks UP Govt Response On Policy For Premature Release Of Prisoners Above 80 Years Old
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Seeks UP Govt Response On Policy For Premature Release Of Prisoners Above 80 Years Old

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government seeking their response to whether the State has any existing policy to consider the premature release of accused who are 80 years old or above and convicted on long drawn trial. Yogeshwaran appearing on behalf of the Petitioner before a bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, …

Life Convict In Jail For 21 Years, Appeal Pending Before HC For 16 Years: Supreme Court Asks Him To Approach HC For Bail
4 years, 1 month ago

Life Convict In Jail For 21 Years, Appeal Pending Before HC For 16 Years: Supreme Court Asks Him To Approach HC For Bail

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a writ petition filed by a life convict, whose appeal against the order of conviction is pending before the Allahabad High Court for more than 16 years, with directions to the High Court to consider his application for bail forthwith.On being informed that the Petitioner had spent over 21 years in prison during …

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