'Every report I filed for Rediff.com on the professor's incarceration, would leave me wondering for days, at the depth of the State's malevolence towards this disabled professor, and his equally deep capacity to tolerate it,' recalls Jyoti Punwani.' 'No country in the world would do what our country was doing to someone so helpless.'
The opposition has criticised the manner in which the drive against child marriage was being carried out, equating the police action with "terrorising people".
A scuffle broke out between at least 40 accused, allegedly involved in the 7/11 serial train bomb blasts, Malegaon blast and arms and ammunition seizure case of Aurangabad, and Arthur Road jail authorities while they were being transferred to prisons in Maharashtra. Defence advocate Shahid Azmi said the accused were being transferred to Nagpur, Ratnagiri and Kolhapur prisons last Saturday.
"He (Sarabjit) is a simpleton, who had unknowingly strayed into Pakistan. I have even stayed with him in the same jail," said Mehboob Elahi, former Indian prisoner in Pakistan who was released from the prison in 1996. "I have stayed with him in the same cell at Gujranwala jail. Not for a day or two, but at least a year and a half," 52-year-old Elahi told television channel NDTV.
If Rashid cannot be the king, he could be the kingmaker after October 8 when the results to the J&K assembly are declared.
The security of two Pakistani prisoners lodged in a jail in Ambala has been beefed up following the death of Sarabjit in Pakistan.
It had also sought a report on the matter from the Director General (Prison) and directed him to take steps to ensure James was not put to further harassment in jail.
Ansari had in a hearing told the court that a contract of Rs 5 crore had been given for his killing inside the jail and that unauthorised people entered the prison without making any entry in the register, according to his lawyer.
At least a dozen people, including the jailer and deputy jailer, were on Wednesday injured at a jail in Meerut in a clash between prisoners and officials. Police had to resort to firing to bring the situation under control. Along with police officials, personnel of the Provincial Armed Constabulary and Rapid Action Force were also present on the spot.
The top court made it clear that prisoners are being released in an attempt to avoid overcrowding in jails due to the pandemic, also called COVID-19.
More than 50 inmates of Tihar Jail have gone on a hunger strike against a recent guideline by prison authorities which allows them to meet their relatives only once a week instead of the two times which was the norm before.
'From what I hear this sister Manjula Shetye was called into the office which is far away from the barracks.' 'Even when I was there, inmates were taken to this office and beaten up mercilessly.'
India on Monday asked Pakistan to release death row convict Sarabjit Singh, whose condition remains critical after being brutally assaulted by jail inmates in Lahore, and demanded that a through investigation be done into the attack to ensure punishment to the guilty.
A spokesperson for South Africa's Department of Correctional Services said a parole board would consider Pistorius's case at a hearing on Friday, where they will decide if he should be released on parole.
The government has constructed the first dedicated centre at Matia in Goalpara district to put the suspected and declared foreigners found in Assam.
The Pakistan High Commission in Delhi has issued 15 days 'gratis visa' to Sarabjit's wife Sukhpreet Kaur, daughters Poonam, Swapandeep Kaur and his sister Dalbir Kaur to meet the Indian prisoner who is in "deep coma" and put on ventilator support
'When there was no crime committed, everything had to be fabricated. They see it as a war, and everything is fair in love and war.'
The order for Mohan's release follows the cabinet nod for amending the prison rules under which, previously, those involved in serious cases like the killing of a government servant could not be released even after the elapse of 14 years.
The response was issued by the jail administration after statements were made by AAP MP Sanjay Singh and MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj.
Bollywood seems to have ignored the month of September, with only two Hindi releases coming up in theatres. But cine-goers need not worry, as Hollywood and south cinema makes up for it.
The federal probe agency also made a fresh arrest in this case as it took into custody Hyderabad-based liquor businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, they said.
Sarabjit Singh (49) had died following an attack on him by the inmates of a Lahore prison in April 2013.
The 58-year-old cricketer-turned-politician will perform the job from his barrack only because of security reasons, a jail official said.
Sibal told the court that there was a noticeable loss in Chidambaram's weight and his health was deteriorating in jail.
'Those giving voice to the voiceless should be welcomed, not punished.' 'Yes, I paid a price -- 10 years in jail -- but it wasn't only me who did so. There are many paying the price.'
After the busting a call girl racket in high security Tihar jail in Delhi, a high-level probe that is being led by a director inspector general ranking official, is investigating whether any of the VIP inmates who are currently lodged have any links with the call girls.
A week after a Pakistani prisoner was fatally attacked by a fellow inmate inside the Kotbalwal jail in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir director general prisons Saturday visited the high security jail.
Justice SK Kaul was among those seated on the dais with Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, when the president narrated her experience of meeting several undertrial prisoners as an MLA in her native Odisha and later as the governor of Jharkhand.
Indrani also claimed that she was threatened of sexual assault after the death of a convict sparked protest in the prison.
Jail officials also "pressurised" inmates to provide "special services" to Jain, the report said citing their statements.
'People accused of mass murder and worse are let out on medical grounds.' 'Saibaba is now 100% handicapped, and has committed no murder, yet he is not allowed to come out.'
Vicky Nanjappa looks at the unhealthy trend of convicts running their businesses from inside Indian jails.
Jail officials said he was happy to receive the information about getting bail and also expressed his gratitude to the prison staff.
Here's everything you need to know about Barrack 12 at Arthur Road jail, where Mallya may be lodged As we await the next move, here's everything you want and need to know about Barrack 12 at Arthur Road Jail.
With Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal having been sent to judicial custody till April 15 by a city court in connection with the excise policy case, buzz over his replacement intensified even as his party leaders asserted that he will continue to head the government no matter how long he stays in jail.
Friends, relatives and some jail inmates have pleaded that Chatterjee's death sentence be changed to life imprisonment.
In one of the world's worst incidents of prison fire, a massive blaze swept through an overcrowded jail in Honduras, killing at least 350 inmates and leaving officials struggling to quell growing public outrage at the treatment of victims and their families, reports stated.
Ramashray Prasad Singh, parliamentary affairs minister, was shown on a private TV channel asking the state's home secretary to shift Bhanu Prakash, arrested on corruption charges, to hospital.
The visits come against the backdrop of complaints from the Khan camp that Akhilesh Yadav has been 'ignoring' the party veteran and the Muslim community, though it backed the SP in the recent assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh.
