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Bandi Singhs

In this discussion, journalist Mandeep Singh speaks with Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur of Panjaab Lawyers to understand what happened in this case and why. The conversation also explores the legal complexities and political dimensions surrounding the issue of Sikh political prisoners.
Following the rejection of Prof. Davinderpal Singh Bhullar's early release petition by the Delhi Sentence Review Board, his wife, Bibi Navneet Kaur, has criticized the government. She stated that while parties support his release when in opposition, they lack the "political will" to act once in power, despite Bhullar being incarcerated since 1995.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Delhi government has rejected the case for the permanent release of Prof. Davinderpal Singh Bhullar. This development was confirmed by Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, head of 'Panj-Aab Lawyers', who provides legal counsel for Sikh political prisoners, commonly referred to as 'Bandi Singhs'.
This is full video recording of speech of Bhai Narien Singh Chaura on International Human Rights Day Conference held by the Dal Khalsa at Gurdwara Sahib, B-Block, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar on 10 December 2025.
The issue of Sikh Political Prisoners (Bandi Singhs) has long been a core concern of the Sikh community. Many of these individuals are serving life sentences, and their release largely depends on the political will of the Indian government, particularly the Centre.
On 12 August 2025, the Indian Supreme Court delivered its verdict in the Sukhdev Yadav case, ruling that convicts serving fixed terms must be released upon completing their sentences.
Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar's case has been a long-standing topic of discussion among Sikhs in Punjab, India, and the global diaspora. A Sikh political prisoner, Prof. Bhullar has been imprisoned in India since 1995.
Sikh group Dal Khalsa alongside Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar announces the holding of a protest against India’s intelligence and security agencies, with the tactical approval from political leadership indulging in transnational repression, misusing provisions of draconian laws like UAPA by proscribing organisations and individuals as terrorist and unlawful, invoking NSA to curb Sikh activism beside keeping Sikh political detainees incarcerated beyond their jail term”.
SGPC has postponed its proposed December 20 march in Delhi to press central government of India to grant permanent release to Bandi Singhs (Sikh Political Prisoners) and convert death sentence of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana into sentence of imprisonment.
The activists of Sikh Youth of Punjab, held prayers for the well-being, high spirits and freedom of Bandi Singhs at Sachkhand Darbar Sahib on the eve of Bandi Chhor Divas.

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