Partly allowed
Salim Khudbuddin Shaikh v. the State of Maharashtra
Bombay HCWP/5300/2018
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The court in a writ petition directed the respondent State to extend the benefit of a remission scheme granted for the 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar to a prisoner convicted under specific IPC sections, overruling a decline based on a negative appraisal report.
What did the court decide?
The respondent was directed to extend the benefit of remission scheme to the prisoner within six months.