UPSC Prelims 2021 · GS Paper 1 · Q13

Polity

Medium · Parole, Legal Nature and State Rules

Consider the following statements regarding parole for prisoners in India:

1. Once a prisoner makes a sufficiently strong case, parole becomes an enforceable legal right.

2. State Governments frame their own rules, such as Prisoners Release on Parole Rules, governing the grant of parole.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?