In October, the Delhi Prisons administration has rejected the furlough request of Vikas Yadav, who is serving a life sentence in Tihar Jail for the murder of business executive Nitish Katara in 2002.
The court also noted that there is no specific or general rule in the Delhi Prison Rules requiring a convict to have been previously released on parole or furlough as a prerequisite for the Sentence Review Board to recommend premature release.
The development comes after Mohammadi underwent an operation in November to remove part of a bone in her lower right leg, where doctors discovered a lesion suspected of being cancerous.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the CBI to file a reply on a plea for grant of furlough to former Congress Councillor Balwan Khokhar, who was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
"The application of those whose punishment is more than 7 years is taken by the Divisional Commissioner. Gurmeet Ram Rahim has been sentenced to more than 7 years and the new year has started. An application reached him from the Divisional Commissioner and he was granted parole and released
Manish Sisodia, arrested in the Delhi Liquor policy case on March 9, came out of Tihar jail on Saturday on a short furlough of six hours to meet his ailing wife.
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted 28 days of furlough to gangster Arun Gawli, who is being lodged in the Nagpur prison in connection with the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar.
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court has observed that whole of the scheme of granting furlough is based on the approach of reformation and as an incentive for maintaining good conduct and asked concerned authorities to re-examine the request of granting furlough of a murder
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a seven-point latest direction to all the states and the Union Territories has made it mandatory to update "latest photographs" of inmates on 'e-Prisons' regularly at the time of their release on bail, parole or release
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): As theme parks remain closed in California due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Disneyland has announced that it is furloughing more employees.
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday wrote to States and Union Territories regarding review of parole and furlough for inmates.