At the current rate, Russia will control all of Ukraine in about 118 years.

The Supreme Court has mandated that the government must proactively grant premature release to all eligible convicts without waiting for a formal application. This move ensures convicts aware of ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said states and union territories had an obligation to consider the premature release of all convicts and it was not necessary for them to apply for permanent remission. A ...

The Supreme Court recently directed that state governments and union territories (UTs) that have a policy for permanent remission of convicts are obligated to implement the same even without an ...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence of a murder convict after finding glaring procedural lapses in his trial. These omissions, which cast a doubt over the trial, included ...

A French convict, on the run since being freed last May in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said Saturday. France says ...

The government has to consider the premature release of all eligible convicts even if they or their families have not applied for it, the Supreme Court said today. The court also asked the ...

Wood’s attorneys have requested that more than 100 additional pieces of evidence be tested for DNA, but the state has opposed the request for over a decade.

While rigorous imprisonment requires convicts to do hard labour as part of their sentence, legal experts and prison officials pointed out a gap between the definition and practice. Retired ...

Magistrate Elehor Vivian sentenced 18 of the convicts to community service, fined six and discharged and acquitted nine others. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the offenders were arrested in different ...

Justice T. Madhavi Devi of the Telangana High Court injuncted the newly elected managing committee of Ekasila Co-operative ...