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GS-4REMISSION AND VICTIM COMMUNITY INTEREST

The Supreme Court's Real Objection Wasn't the Remission Plea - It Was the Silence

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Manoj Misra criticised the Odisha government for failing to decide on Dara Singh's remission petition, filed in 2024, despite his claim of having served 26 years against the state's 25-year statutory eligibility threshold. The Court warned that it would take over the decision if the state continued to avoid one, noting that prison authorities cited pending documents as the reason for…

Sub TopicSTATE'S DUTY TO DECIDE NEUTRALLY ON STATUTORY REMISSION…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4REHABILITATIVE JUSTICE AND REINTEGRATION

He Left Prison With Two Degrees and No Laptop - What Rs 50,000 Actually Has to Buy

A Government Resolution issued by Maharashtra's Women and Child Development department on August 18 raised the state's rehabilitation grant for released prisoners from Rs 25,000 to Rs 50,000 and extended coverage to people acquitted after at least a year in custody, alongside existing coverage for convicts and probationers. The scheme, which began in 1993 with a Rs 1,000 grant, has grown following Bombay High Court…

Sub TopicSTATE'S DUAL OBLIGATION TO PUNISH AND REINTEGRATE AFTER…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, TISS, CJP
UPSC Relevance8/10
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GS-4STATE POWER AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST

84% Got Bail. The 16% Who Didn't Tell You What the State Actually Had to Prove

Following a police crackdown on April 2026 wage protests by factory workers in Noida - which saw up to 200 people detained, including two booked under the National Security Act - courts granted bail in 84% of 222 orders linked to seven FIRs, repeatedly holding that mere presence at a protest is not evidence of criminal intent and that ordinary workers cannot be equated with those found organising or instigating violence. The…

Sub TopicINDIVIDUALISED EVIDENCE STANDARD IN MASS PROTEST…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, THE PRINT, WORLD…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND DIGNITY IN DEATH

The Court Didn't Say Hanging Is Painless - It Said the Evidence Wasn't Strong Enough to Say Otherwise

The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL arguing that hanging is scientifically unreliable and violates the right to a dignified death under Article 21, holding that the petitioners' scientific material did not displace the basis of the 1983 Deena precedent, nor establish that alternative methods offer a genuine advantage. The Court noted that constitutional law evolves and left open the possibility of future challenges if…

Sub TopicARTICLE 21 DIGNITY CLAIMS AGAINST THE 1983 DEENA…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, VAJIRAM AND…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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