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Bandi Singhs

Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur discusses what transpired during the Qaumi Ensaaf Morcha delegation’s meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann regarding parole for Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara, Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara and Bhai Paramjit Singh Bheora, and explains the Punjab government’s possible role in the matter.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, held a Sukhmani Sahib Path, discussion and Ardas seeking the release of Bandi Singhs. University staff, students and Sikh personalities highlighted concerns over prolonged incarceration, human rights and the need for their immediate release.
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”.

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