'Why not?': HC grants parole to man to bid farewell to son

The Bombay high court has granted parole to a man to bid farewell to his son, who is going to Australia for further studies, holding that if parole can be granted to share grief, it can also be for......

HC slams jail officials for denying parole to Pune blast convict

The Bombay high court on Tuesday rebuked the Nashik central prison authorities for "non-application of mind" while refusing parole to Himayat Baig, lone convict in the 2010 Pune German Bakery blast......

SC cancels HC order granting furlough to Asaram's son Narayan Sai

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the order of the Gujarat high court granting 14-day furlough to rape convict Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu. A bench of Justices DY......

Bombay HC reduces death sentence in Shakti Mills gang rape to life in jail

The Bombay high court on Thursday commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to three convicts in the 2013 gangrape case of a 22-year-old photojournalist inside the defunct Shakti......