Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Sovereign Assurance Caps Imprisonment at 25 Years | No Double-Counting of Overlap Custody, Remission Excluded from Life Sentence : SC
The Supreme Court held that Abu Salem had not served the 25-year limit guaranteed by India’s sovereign assurance to Portugal, barred double-counting of overlapping pre- and post-conviction custody, and clarified that remission earned in jail cannot be added to a life sentence. The ruling affects extradition-based sentences and clarifies how custodial periods and remission are computed for life imprisonment.