Life convicts can avail 40 days of annual leave in two instalments, rules Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has ruled that life convicts are entitled to take their 40 days of annual leave in two separate installments. The court clarified that prison authorities cannot force prisoners to take the entire leave period at once.
Why it matters
This ruling clarifies prisoner rights and administrative rules within the Tamil Nadu correctional system, ensuring more flexible leave policies.
Life convicts can avail 40 days of annual leave in two instalments, rules Madras High Court left The Division Bench ordered that the word ‘spell’ found in the proviso to Rule 22(2)(c) must be read as ‘instalment’ so that it could be distinguished from the word ‘spell’ in Rule 22(3). FILE PHOTO https://th-i.thgim.com/public/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/5qsx8x/article71618183.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/Madras-High-CouG1SGMUQDN.3.jpg.jpg PICHUMANI K The Bench termed it a classic case of fencing eating the crop. FILE PHOTO Justices Anita Sumanth and Sunder Mohan hold that prison authorities cannot compel the convicts to avail the leave only once a year CHENNAI Life convicts, who had completed 14 years of incarceration, are entitled to avail 40 days of ordinary leave in two instalments annually and they cannot be forced by the prison authorities to avail the leave only once every year, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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