Supreme Court of India

Rashidul Jafar @ Chota v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 6 September 2022

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Remission: Pre-mature release – Remission plea of five hundred and twelve convicts undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for life in the State of UP – In 2021, amendment brought to the Standing Policy Regarding Premature Release of Life Convicts of 2018 – Earlier policy of the year 2018 modified so as to provide that a convict undergoing imprisonment for life would not be released until the age of sixty years is attained – Challenge to, on the ground that the plea for premature release must be considered on the basis of the law as it stood on the date of conviction and that a subsequent…

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