Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
Karnataka Prisons Manual 2021 | Emergency Parole Mandated for Spousal Surgery When Denial Violates Article 21 : Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that denying emergency parole to a convicted prisoner for his wife’s urgent surgery, based on unsubstantiated health fears, violates Article 21 and the Karnataka Prisons Manual 2021. This sets a critical precedent for humanitarian parole in medical crises, affirming that prisoners’ rights to family and health cannot be arbitrarily overridden by speculative administrative concerns.