The Supreme Court on 23rd July 2015 permitted the states to exercise their power to remit the sentences of life convicts if they have already served more than 14 years of imprisonment. The SC had on July 14 last year restrained the states from releasing lifers after remitting their sentences while staying Tamil Nadu government’s decision to release Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts on the ground that they had served more than 22 years in prison..
Following Convicts can not be release by states:
- where the convict has been awarded life term in sexual offence cases.
- states cannot release those who have been awarded life sentences in cases investigated by the central probe agencies like CBI.
- where the court has specified the period of life imprisonment, like 20 years or 25 years jail term.
Supreme Court of India
- Date of establishment: 28th january 1950
- It is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India.
- It comprises the Chief Justice of India and 30 other judges.
- Motto: यतो धर्मस्ततो जयः॥ (Yato dharmas tato jayah) Whence law (dharma), thence victory.
- length of Judge term: 65 years
- Chief Justice of India: H L Dttu ( Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu)
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- Who was the first Chief Justice of India?
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