Yusuf Sherbahadur Khan v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
A convict filed a writ petition challenging the rejection of his parole application on grounds of lack of a ready surety and illness of his son. The court accepted the apex prosecutor's suggestion to await the investigation on the new surety's competency and disposed of the petition directing the competent authority to decide the application afresh within three weeks.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with direction to competent authority to decide parole application afresh within three weeks considering the new surety's competency.