WP/19473/2021 of JUSTICE INITIATIVE FOUNDATION Vs STATE OF KARNATAKA on 21 September 2026

HC-KAR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN

AND

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.VIVEKANANDA

WRIT PETITION NO.19473 OF 2021 (GM-RES-PIL)

BETWEEN:

JUSTICE INITIATIVE FOUNDATION

(CIN NO.U85320KA2020NPL141154)

A COMPANY ESTABLISHED U/S 7(2) AND 8(1) OF

THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013

HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT

NO.24, CB-8

INDIAN SOCIAL INSTITUTE

BENSON ROAD, BENSON TOWN

BENGALURU-560046

REP BY ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

CECILIA DAVIES

…PETITIONER

(BY SMT. G. SHARADA BAI, ADVOCATE)

AND:

STATE OF KARNATAKA

REP BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY

Digitally

signed by

RAKSHA

Location:

High Court

of Karnataka

HC-KAR

HOME DEPARTMENT

VIDHANA SOUDHA

AMBEDKAR VEEDHI

BENGALURU 560001

…RESPONDENT

(BY SRI. BYREGOWDA N., AGA)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226

AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTUION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO

ISSUE A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS DECLARING

CLAUSE I, SUB CLAUSES v, vi, vii, ix, x, AND xi OF THE

IMPUGNED GUIDELINES (ANNEXURE-A1) UNCONSTITUTIONAL

AND

VOID

TO

THE

EXTENT

THAT

THEY

PROHIBIT

CONSIDERATION OF THOSE CATEGORIES OF LIFE TERM

CONVICTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR RELEASE FROM PRISON

UNDER ARTICLE 161 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND ETC.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN

and

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.VIVEKANANDA

HC-KAR