The Supreme Court Today (August 5th) rapped the Uttar Pradesh govt for not complying with its order to consider remission pleas within the time frame specified by it and directed the principal secretary of the state’s prisons department to appear before it on August 19.
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NEW DELHI: On Monday, the Supreme Court expressed strong disapproval of the Uttar Pradesh government’s failure to comply with its order to consider remission pleas within the specified time frame.
The court directed the principal secretary of the state’s prisons department to appear before it on August 19.
“We want to correct the system.”
-stated a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih during the hearing of a convict’s plea seeking remission in line with the state’s applicable policy. The apex court instructed the prisons department principal secretary to attend the hearing via video conference.
The court was visibly displeased when the state government’s counsel once again requested additional time to address the matter.
“Four months have passed. Again you are asking for two more months to decide the plea. Nothing has been done. As far as state of UP is considered, we have seen that the orders passed by this court for considering remission plea of accused persons in a specific time is not being considered.”
In April, the Supreme Court had granted the Uttar Pradesh government six weeks to act on the remission pleas.
However, by July 10, when the case was heard again, the top court was informed that the state government had not passed any order, despite jail authorities favorably recommending the petitioner’s case.
The Supreme Court’s rebuke and directive to the prisons department principal secretary underscore the need for timely compliance with judicial orders and the proper functioning of the remission process within the state’s legal system.
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