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The Human Rights Forum connected January 30 urged the Telangana authorities to instantly statesman the process of prematurely releasing eligible life-convict prisoners, alleging delays successful implementing Supreme Court directions and a authorities bid issued for the purpose.
In a statement, the Forum said the Supreme Court, successful an bid dated February 18, 2025, had directed each States to formulate a wide argumentation governing remission and premature merchandise of convicted prisoners. In compliance, the Telangana Home Department issued an bid connected October 27, 2025, laying down imperishable guidelines for granting peculiar remission to beingness convicts.
The Forum said the authorities bid intelligibly prescribed the procedures and criteria for identifying eligible prisoners and considering their cases for premature release. However, it alleged that astir a twelvemonth aft the Supreme Court’s directions and astir 3 months aft the notification of the guidelines, nary tangible steps appeared to person been taken to instrumentality the policy.
According to the forum’s statement, beingness convicts and their families had been surviving successful uncertainty, peculiarly aft hopes of releases during Republic Day did not materialise. It noted that the authorities bid mandated mentation of a database of eligible beingness convicts each 4 months for information by a Standing Committee, but said determination was nary nationalist accusation to bespeak that the process had adjacent been initiated.
Stating that continued delays defeated the intent of remission, reformation and law liberty recognised by the Supreme Court, the Human Rights Forum called connected the Telangana authorities to instrumentality G.O. Ms. No. 126 successful its existent missive and tone and expedite the premature merchandise of eligible prisoners.
