The Supreme Court ruled that Haryana’s 2008 remission guidelines cannot override the state’s more liberal 2002 policy for evaluating premature release of life convicts.
The decision favored a life prisoner’s application for early release under the earlier framework. Remission policies determine when inmates serving life sentences may be considered for freedom after minimum terms.
States periodically revise remission rules, sometimes tightening eligibility after high-profile crimes. Courts have intervened when newer guidelines retroactively disadvantage prisoners who began sentences under older standards.
The ruling underscores that executive clemency frameworks must respect applicable policy at the time of sentencing unless legislatures clearly authorize retroactive changes.
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