The Pa­role Bill, 2026, was passed in the Up­per House on Tues­day, bring­ing the pro­posed leg­is­la­tion one step clos­er to es­tab­lish­ing pro­vi­sions for the ear­ly re­lease of cer­tain pris­on­ers be­fore the com­ple­tion of their sen­tences.

De­spite the clash of views be­tween Jus­tice Min­is­ter De­vesh Ma­haraj and Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Faris Al-Rawi dur­ing the de­bate, the bill was passed with­out amend­ments.

Ac­cord­ing to the Gov­ern­ment, the bill will al­low for the ear­ly re­lease of cer­tain pris­on­ers be­fore the com­ple­tion of their sen­tences, once they meet strict el­i­gi­bil­i­ty re­quire­ments and con­di­tions un­der the pro­posed law.