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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicJail time

Topic: Jail time

SC-appointed panel on jail reforms slams solitary confinement of death row convicts — ‘most egregious’

Panel has submitted 5 reports on jail administration, one being related to condition of death row inmates. It says to confine them in solitary cells breaches a 1978 SC judgment.

SP leader Azam Khan disqualified from UP Assembly, day after conviction in hate speech case

Khan has been sentenced for a 2019 hate speech case by the Rampur district court. He lost his post as his eventual imprisonment term is longer than two years.

Drink driving may now cost you Rs 10,000 & parents of minor drivers could face jail term

The union cabinet cleared the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill Monday, and is set to introduce it in Lok Sabha in the ongoing Parliament session.

The jail time of all the 2G accused before their acquittal

A list of the key politicians, bureaucrats, executives and corporate leaders who were accused in the case and the time they spent in prison.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.