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SC grants bail to 2 more convicts in 1987 Hashimpura massacre case
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to two more convicts in the infamous 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 38 Muslim men were primarily kidnapped and then shot dead by Provincial…
- India
Around 870 convicts in 18 states, UTs wish to file appeals after getting legal aid: NALSA
New Delhi: The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on Monday told the Supreme Court that around 870 convicts, lodged in jails in 18 states and Union Territories, wish to file appeals against…
- India
Dubai court rejects early release appeal by Indians, Pakistani murder convicts
Dubai, Aug: A Dubai court has turned down an appeal for early release by a group of five men from India and Pakistan, who were convicted of murdering a security guard more…
- India
Godhra train case: SC to hear pleas of Gujarat govt, convicts on Apr 10
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will dispose of the bail pleas of several convicts serving life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train burning case on April 10. A…
- India
SC assures Bilkis Bano of early hearing of her plea against remission to convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday assured Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven members of her family killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots, that her plea against the remission of…
- India
Sri Lankan convicts in Rajiv assasination case to be deported in 10 days
Chennai: An order for deporting the recently-freed four Sri Lankan convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, currently lodged at the rehabilitation camp, was expected in 10 days, a Tamil Nadu government…
- India
Rajiv Gandhi convicts likely to be released on Saturday
Chennai: Six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, including Nalini Sriharan, are likely to be released this evening, a senior official indicated on Saturday. The prison officials set into motion the process…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to hear fresh plea against release of 11 convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the plea of a women’s organisation seeking directions to revoke the remission granted to 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and…
- Telangana
Telangana: Man jailed for 3 yrs over harassing minor to marry him
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old man who was accused of harassing a minor and threatening to kill her and her family was convicted on Wednesday, and was given a three-year term and a fine…
- India
Bilkis case convict questions maintainability of plea in SC challenging remission by Guj govt
New Delhi: A convict in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case has questioned the locus standi of the petitioners who have challenged in the Supreme Court the remission given to him and 10 other…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: Social activists to hold 180-km march to protest release of 11 convicts
Ahmedabad: A group of social activists will take out a ‘padyatra’ (foot march) from Randhikpur in Dahod district of Gujarat to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to protest the release of 11 convicts…
- India
Release convicts who have undergone 10 years in jail, but appeal not heard yet: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that convicts who have spent 10 years in jail, and their appeal has not yet been heard, should be granted bail unless there are…
- India
Hyderabad: AIMMS protest against release of Bilkis Bano convicts
Hyderabad: After the 11 convicts of Bilkis Bano were released on August 15, All India Mahila Samskruthika Sangham (AIMSS) held a protest against the state’s decision of releasing convicts, on Saturday. AIMSS…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC agrees to examine plea against remission of convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea challenging the remission granted to the 11 who were convicted for the rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano…
- India
Release of convicts has set a bad precedent: Justice UD Salvi
Following the release of 11 people convicted for the rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of several individuals (including killing Bilkis’s three-year-old daughter) in the 2002 Gujarat riots, Justice UD Salvi…
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