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A bride, a groom and jail: High court allows 2 convicts to marry in Rajasthan prison
July 17, 2026 2:37 pm
The Rajasthan High Court was hearing a temporary suspension of sentence application filed by a murder convict, seeking permission to marry a fellow woman convict inside an open jail in Jodhpur.
‘Structural violence’: Gurgaon court slams system after inmate with cancer misses AIIMS visits due to ‘missing guards’
May 06, 2026 1:11 pm
Hearing a plea by an inmate lodged in Bhondsi District Jail, a Gurgaon court underscored that incarceration does not extinguish a prisoner’s fundamental rights.
Supreme Court orders nationwide rollout of ‘E-Prisons’ software to end ‘humongous’ delays in releasing life convicts
April 25, 2026 5:22 pm
The Supreme Court was hearing a criminal appeal filed by a man, who had challenged his murder conviction.
Punjab and Haryana High Court clears cops convicted for prisoner escape, blames state
April 07, 2026 12:46 pm
While acquitting the police officials, the Punjab and Haryana High Court blamed the state for not providing basic necessities such as official vehicles, firearms, and wireless sets.
‘Spaces of opportunity, not suffering’: Why Supreme Court has ordered massive expansion of open prisons across India
February 27, 2026 2:53 pm
Supreme Court prison reform: The Supreme Court’s directions mandate states to expand Open Correctional Institutions, address overcrowding, improve women’s access and reform eligibility norms within fixed timelines.
‘VIP treatment’ in jail: Karnataka minister G Parameshwara announces high-level probe panel; 2 officials suspended
November 11, 2025 5:18 am
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said a technical audit of the security apparatus in prisons will be carried out, and undertrials at Parappana Agrahara jail will be separated from the convicts.
From Kala Pani to overcrowded jails: Why Indian prisons still bear a colonial stamp
October 01, 2025 12:08 pm
Prisons had existed in the Indian subcontinent since the third century BC, but they were mainly used to confine political rivals or rebels till their trials. The institution of jail, as understood these days, is of British origin and was introduced in India as a part of British administration.
India asks Pakistan to expedite release of Indian prisoners in its custody
January 01, 2025 10:10 pm
The MEA said India remains committed to addressing, on priority, all humanitarian matters, including those pertaining to prisoners and fishermen in each other's country.
5 undertrial prisoners escape from Assam jail, search on
October 11, 2024 12:21 pm
The inmates broke the iron grille of their cell and then used bed sheets, blankets and lungis to make a rope and climbed down from the 20-feet-high boundary wall of the jail, an official said.
Tillu Tejpuria fallout: Haryana to give Rs 7.5 lakh compensation for unnatural death of jail inmates
May 12, 2023 6:40 pm
Even if an inmate dies by suicide, jail officials will be penalised; 50% of the compensation to be recovered from erring officials.
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Court allowed NEET paper leak accused to take June 21 retest, but NTA withholds his result
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has withheld the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) result of Yash Yadav, an accused in the leak of the medical entrance examination question paper, The Indian Express has learned. The NTA, which conducts the competitive exam, had announced on May 12 that the 2026 NEET-UG, which was held on May 3, was cancelled because of the leak.
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