Article 161 Remission Policy Prevails Over Section 432 Policy: SC

Advertisement Parveen Kumar@ Parveen Chauhan Vs State of Haryana & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court considered whether the appellant’s application for remission was governed by Haryana’s Policy Regarding Release of Life Convicts, 2002, issued on 12 April 2002, or the subsequent Policy Regarding Premature Release of Life Convicts, 2008, issued on 13 August 2008. The appellant had sought remission under the 2002 Policy after completing 14 years of actual imprisonment. His representation was rejected on the grounds that the 2008 Policy applied and that he had not...