The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently declined to quash a criminal case against former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Telugu Desam Party leader Nakka Ananda Babu. The case dates back to 2010 when the two were accused of assaulting prison personnel during their transfer to the Aurangabad Central Jail following their arrest in another …
The Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared the ‘Model Prisons Act 2023’ that will replace a British-era law to overhaul the prison administration that will focus on the reformation and rehabilitation of inmates, it said on May 12. ‘Several lacunae’ The MHA said it found that there were “several lacunae” in the existing Prisons Act and there was “conspicuous omission” …
