The amendment of Bihar Prison Manual 2012, according to which the convicts who have served 14 or 20 years in jail could now be released, is "arbitrary and unreasonable", an advocate who filed a plea in the Patna High Court against the government's move said on Thursday.
Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh's wife on Thursday welcomed the amendment of the Bihar Prisons manual which necessitated the release of his husband convicted in a murder case and thanked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the move.
Alleging amendments in jail manual, Amar Jyoti, the Bihar in-charge of Bhim Army's Bharat Ekta Mission, on Wednesday moved Patna High Court against the state government's order releasing former MP and life convict Anand Mohan and 26 others.
The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government on Monday notified the release of 27 prisoners, including Anand Mohan Singh, days after amending the Bihar Prison Manual.
Assam Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi on Tuesday appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Guwahati in connection with a case related to the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests.
Anand Mohan Singh who is out on 15-day parole for his son's wedding took a dig at BJP and said, "In Gujarat, some convicts of Bilkis Bano case have been released. That too happened due to the pressure of Nitish-RJD?"
The Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved a proposal for the promulgation of an Ordinance, enabling the state government for the inclusion of 22 castes/communities in the State list of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBCs).
After showing the video, Sidhu said, "AAP has mortgaged Punjab. In today's time, people are feeling cheated. The Congress party had earlier said that all these people who are promising amenities free of cost, from where will the money come? Kejriwal said that people will come back to Punjab
The Executive Committee of the All India Football Federation, in its meeting on April 14, 2023, has decided to introduce a series of landmark amendments in its Regulations on Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP).
According to the State Bank of Pakistan Act amended in 2022 on the dictation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), government borrowing from the central bank is banned.
The bill would stretch the mandatory working hours to 12 hours from the present 8 hours of duty. Along with the opposition parties, DMK's ally Congress, Communist Party of India, Marxist Communist Party, Madhyamik Party, Visika and others condemned the bill and walked out of the assembly.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the respondent on YouTuber Manish Kashyap's amended plea challenging the detention order under National Security Agency (NSA).