Husband-and-Wife Life Convict Duo Applies for Parole to Undergo IVF, Supreme Court Directs Authorities to Consider Request ‘Sympathetically’

Awstika Das

14 Feb 2023 10:39 AM IST

  • Husband-and-Wife Life Convict Duo Applies for Parole to Undergo IVF, Supreme Court Directs Authorities to Consider Request ‘Sympathetically’

    The Supreme Court of India on Friday allowed two life convicts, a husband-and-two duo, to be shifted from an open jail in Jaipur to a similar facility in Udaipur, in order to allow the 45-year-old woman to undergo medical treatment to conceive a child, besides urging the concerned authorities to consider their request for parole ‘sympathetically’. The petitioners approached the...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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