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Plea challenges sections relating to solitary confinement of prisoners; De
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Central Government on a plea seeking direction to declare sections related to the separate and solitary confinement of prison inmates as ultra vires being in violation of their rights under several articles of the Constitution of India.
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SC issues various directions to facilitate premature release of prisoners
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday issued several directions to ease the process of pre-mature release of prisoners serving life sentences in Uttar Pradesh, including a direction to the state to strictly comply with the laws already in force related to it and follow a timeline of three months for t
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Supreme Court issues guidelines to avoid delay in releasing prisoners on b
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court has issued various guidelines to avoid delay on the issue of releasing prisoners who continue to be in jail despite having been granted the benefit of bail due to various reasons.
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Business of selling human organs extracted from prisoners by Chinese govt
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As the selling of human organs, extracted from illegally detained prisoners is going on unchecked, the growing business competition among Chinese medical institutions and the greed of Chinese officials is reportedly now giving rise to kidnapping teenagers from poor Chinese families and killi
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Uttar Pradesh's Dasna Jail launches radio station for prisoners' education
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Dasna Jail in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad has started a radio station for prisoners. Music and topics related to spiritual, educational and entertainment are played on the radio. The radio station is operated by the inmates themselves who are skilled in doing so.
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India repatriates 17 Pakistani nationals via Attari-Wagah border
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
India and Pakistan this month had exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody, in line with the longstanding agreement between the two countries.
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Haryana govt grants special remission to prisoners ahead of Republic Day
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Jails Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala said convicts who have been sentenced for a period of 10 years and above, including life sentence, have been granted remission of 90 days and those sentenced for five years or more but less than 10 years have been granted remission of 60 days.
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India repatriates Pakistani national via Attari-Wagah border
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
India and Pakistan this month had exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in their custody, in line with the longstanding agreement between the two countries.
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Trichy prisoners cultivate sugarcane ahead of Pongal
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
20 convict prisoners in Trichy cultivate sugarcane on two acres of prison farmland ahead of Pongal which would be sold in the Prison Bazaar outlet of the Central Prison in Trichy, Tamil Nadu.
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Child prisoners stab security personnel to death in Bihar's Chapra, probe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The inmates of juvenile prison in Bihar's Chapra allegedly stabbed a police security personnel to death on Saturday, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Saran Police, Vikas Kumar said.
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Now, all inmates of Delhi prisons to get hot water, prisoners above 65 to
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena has issued instructions to DG (Prison) and the Pr. Secretary (Home) to immediately make hot water available to all inmates in Delhi prisons and to provide a mattress to prisoners above 65 years of age.
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Russia, Ukraine exchange 50 soldiers each in prisoner swap
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, stated that 50 Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russia returned to Ukraine.
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