Today’s order seeking an affidavit on compliance was passed in relation to a decision of the top court rendered on September 6, 2022.
The decision stated that all cases of convicts undergoing life sentence in the State who were eligible to be considered for premature release in terms of the policy were to be considered in terms of the procedure stipulated in the policy.
“All decisions of premature release of convicts, including those, beyond the present batch of cases would be entitled to such a beneficial reading of the policy,” the Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli had held in that judgment.
Source: Barandbench
