Palayamkottai A division bench of Justices S. Vimala Devi and T. Krishna Valli granted the two-week temporary leave to Siddique Ali, an inmate of Palayamkottai Central jail on a Habeas Corpus petition filed by his 32-year-old wife. The bench then observed that it was time the government forms a committeeContinue Reading
Agra: On an average, one prisoner dies in Uttar Pradesh every 26 hours. According to the state prison department’s response to an RTI query, more than 2,050 prisoners have died in Uttar Pradesh since 2010. Human rights activist Naresh Paras, who filled the RTI application, has witten to the NationalContinue Reading
Los Angeles: When a juvenile inmate in a California prison wrote to Pope Francis, he did not expect a response. But he received one, in the form a Jan. 21 letter from the Holy Father, inviting him to take advantage of the Holy Year of Mercy. “Know that the HolyContinue Reading