SUCCESS STORIES

Considering the inflow of jail petitions pertaining to non-consideration of Applications of convicts for grant of Parole/ Furlough by Prison Authorities and encroachment of Right to Dignity of convicts envisaged under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, an initiative was undertaken by DHCLSC whereby, CRL. REF. No. 1/2025 was filed in W.P. 679/2022 along with other bunch of petitions, wherein Note 2 of Rule 1224 of Delhi Prisons Rules was questioned to the extent whether the aforesaid provision puts a bar on the consideration of Application for grant of Parole/Furlough by the Prison Authorities when any SLP or Appeal of such convict is pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.

While delivering the Judgment, the Hon’ble High Court in CRL. REF. No. 1/2025 in W.P. 679/2022 held that there is no bar on the consideration of Application of Parole/Furlough by the Prison Authorities during pendency of SLP or Appeal of convict before the Hon’ble Supreme Court, emphasising that such denial could violate the fundamental rights and the principle of reformation. However, grant of Parole/Furlough is a different issue.

DHCLSC was represented by Mr. Mohit Mathur, Senior Advocate along with empanelled Advocates- Aman Panwar, Arjun Malik, Archit Upadhyay, Biswajit Kumar Patra, Rohan J. Alwa, Siddharth Yadav, Tanya Agarwal and Zeeshan Diwan for whose ardent and sincere efforts the Committee is ever grateful.

The copy of Judgment can be accessed here