Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 69 · Decided 15 February 2000
Laxman Naskar ETC. ETC. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 69 · [2000] 1 S.C.R. 796
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 64/1999
- Decided
- 15 February 2000
- Bench
- G.T. NANAVATI, S.N. PHUKAN (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 401; Constitution Article 161, 32
Headnote
Constitution of India-Art. 161--Premature release of life con­ victs-Scope of power under Art. 161-!f Government has framed any rule or made a scheme for early release of such convicts, those rules or schemes to be treated as guidelines for exercising such powers. C These writ petitions were release. All the 'life convicts' had completfd continued detention of 20 years including remission earned. Their prayer for pr1~mature release was rejected mainly on the ground of objections by police which had reported about the chances of the petitioners committing crime again. The
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