Overview
- Justice Ravinder Dudeja issued notice to the Delhi Government and jail authorities on Balwan Khokhar’s petition and sought a status report.
- The court advanced the matter from a previously slated December 16 date and listed it for further hearing on November 17.
- Khokhar challenges a September 4 order by prison authorities that rejected his furlough request, citing risk to public peace and order.
- The petition seeks a 21-day furlough to reconnect with family and social ties, asserting he previously received releases without any adverse incident.
- Khokhar is serving life for murders and rioting in the 1984 Raj Nagar case; his conviction was upheld in 2018 and his appeal is pending before the Supreme Court.