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448 Prisoners Released In A Day: How Chhattisgarh Is Decongesting Its Jails
- Friday October 21, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
As a part of the drive, the Jail Lok Adalat was held for the first time in all 33 jails of the state on October 15, during which 448 prisoners were released, he said.
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Delhi High Court Seeks Report On Impact Of Interim Bail Orders
- Friday July 16, 2021
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
Delhi High Court asked the Delhi government to file a status report on the impact of its orders extending interim bails granted to undertrials and convicts to decongest jails to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Supreme Court Orders Release Of Prisoners To Decongest Jails Amid Covid
- Saturday May 8, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Taking note of an "unprecedented surge" in Covid cases, the Supreme Court today passed directions for decongestion of prisons and ordered forthwith release of all those prisoners who were granted bail or parole last year in view of the pandemic.
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"Covid Situation Alarming": Supreme Court Calls For Release Of Prisoners
- Friday May 7, 2021
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi
The Supreme Court on Friday asked states to release prisoners in a bid to decongest jails on account of the virulent second wave of coronavirus sweeping the country.
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Delhi High Court Extends Interim Bail Of 2,961 Undertrial Prisoners By 45 Days
- Monday June 22, 2020
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the interim bail of 2,961 undertrial prisoners by 45 days to de-congest jails during the coronavirus pandemic.
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17,000 Maharashtra Prisoners To Be Out On Parole After Virus Cases In Mumbai Jail
- Tuesday May 12, 2020
- India News | ANI
In a bid to decongest jails across the state amid coronavirus outbreak, the Maharashtra government has decided to give "temporary parole" to 17,000 inmates out of 35,000 lodged in different jails.
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Tihar Releases 400 Prisoners To Decongest Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
- Saturday March 28, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Tihar Jail authority has released over 400 inmates to reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.
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Prisoners To Be Out On Bail To Decongest Haryana Jails Amid Coronavirus
- Thursday March 26, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Haryana government has decided to release convicted prisoners with up to seven years of sentences and undertrials ones liable to get as long jail terms on conviction, on parole or bail, in order to decongest prisons, state Jail Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala said on Wednesday.
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Special Parole For Convicts To Decongest Jails: Delhi Government To High Court
- Monday March 23, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The AAP government told the Delhi High Court on Monday that it has decided to decongest its prisons to check the spread of coronavirus by providing convicts with the options of special parole and furlough.
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Court suggests convicts can work, earn, spend time with family
- Saturday June 11, 2011
- India News | Press Trust of India
Convicted for a crime? That's not the end of the world for you. You can still go to office like others, work 10 to 5, earn, spend time with your family, get annual leave and come back to jail to serve your sentence!The idea may sound Utopian but then a Delhi court has asked the government to consider such a model prisoner reformative system to de-c...
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Special hearing to release undertrials
- Wednesday January 27, 2010
- Cities | Press Trust of India
In a bid to decongest over-crowded prisons in the Capital, a Delhi Court has conducted a special hearing to facilitate release of undertrials languishing in jails in connection with petty offences.
- www.ndtv.com
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448 Prisoners Released In A Day: How Chhattisgarh Is Decongesting Its Jails
- Friday October 21, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
As a part of the drive, the Jail Lok Adalat was held for the first time in all 33 jails of the state on October 15, during which 448 prisoners were released, he said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Delhi High Court Seeks Report On Impact Of Interim Bail Orders
- Friday July 16, 2021
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
Delhi High Court asked the Delhi government to file a status report on the impact of its orders extending interim bails granted to undertrials and convicts to decongest jails to contain the spread of COVID-19.
- www.ndtv.com
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Supreme Court Orders Release Of Prisoners To Decongest Jails Amid Covid
- Saturday May 8, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Taking note of an "unprecedented surge" in Covid cases, the Supreme Court today passed directions for decongestion of prisons and ordered forthwith release of all those prisoners who were granted bail or parole last year in view of the pandemic.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Covid Situation Alarming": Supreme Court Calls For Release Of Prisoners
- Friday May 7, 2021
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi
The Supreme Court on Friday asked states to release prisoners in a bid to decongest jails on account of the virulent second wave of coronavirus sweeping the country.
- www.ndtv.com
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Delhi High Court Extends Interim Bail Of 2,961 Undertrial Prisoners By 45 Days
- Monday June 22, 2020
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the interim bail of 2,961 undertrial prisoners by 45 days to de-congest jails during the coronavirus pandemic.
- www.ndtv.com
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17,000 Maharashtra Prisoners To Be Out On Parole After Virus Cases In Mumbai Jail
- Tuesday May 12, 2020
- India News | ANI
In a bid to decongest jails across the state amid coronavirus outbreak, the Maharashtra government has decided to give "temporary parole" to 17,000 inmates out of 35,000 lodged in different jails.
- www.ndtv.com
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Tihar Releases 400 Prisoners To Decongest Prisons Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
- Saturday March 28, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Tihar Jail authority has released over 400 inmates to reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Prisoners To Be Out On Bail To Decongest Haryana Jails Amid Coronavirus
- Thursday March 26, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Haryana government has decided to release convicted prisoners with up to seven years of sentences and undertrials ones liable to get as long jail terms on conviction, on parole or bail, in order to decongest prisons, state Jail Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Special Parole For Convicts To Decongest Jails: Delhi Government To High Court
- Monday March 23, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The AAP government told the Delhi High Court on Monday that it has decided to decongest its prisons to check the spread of coronavirus by providing convicts with the options of special parole and furlough.
- www.ndtv.com
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Court suggests convicts can work, earn, spend time with family
- Saturday June 11, 2011
- India News | Press Trust of India
Convicted for a crime? That's not the end of the world for you. You can still go to office like others, work 10 to 5, earn, spend time with your family, get annual leave and come back to jail to serve your sentence!The idea may sound Utopian but then a Delhi court has asked the government to consider such a model prisoner reformative system to de-c...
- www.ndtv.com
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Special hearing to release undertrials
- Wednesday January 27, 2010
- Cities | Press Trust of India
In a bid to decongest over-crowded prisons in the Capital, a Delhi Court has conducted a special hearing to facilitate release of undertrials languishing in jails in connection with petty offences.
- www.ndtv.com