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Delhi HC says furlough not an absolute right. A look at the rules of conditional release from jail

Court rejects challenge by man convicted for cruelty and dowry death, upholding order passed by DG Prisons denying furlough on the grounds that the man was ineligible. 

Rape-murder convict Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 40-day parole, his 14th release since 2017

After Haryana govt amended parole laws in 2022, Ram Rahim has spent almost a year—364 days to be precise—out of jail. His latest release comes ahead of his birthday on 15 August.

Rape-murder convict Ram Rahim out on furlough again, his 13th release since conviction in 2017

Dera Sacha Sauda chief has been granted a 21-day furlough ahead of the sect’s 77th foundation day. Just 2 months ago, he had walked out of Sunaria Jail on 30-day parole.

Parole, furlough, remission: All give relief to convicts, but this is how they’re different

Supreme Court expressed concern over convicts languishing in jail despite being entitled to remission of sentences while hearing a case of a murder convict jumping furlough.

Tihar prisoner was granted furlough for 3 weeks in 2011. A decade later, he is yet to surrender

The convict was sentenced to life imprisonment in Nov 2003, after a trial court found him guilty. He was granted 3 weeks' furlough in July 2011.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.