New Delhi, June 7 -- The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to reconsider the cancellation of the remission granted to a life convict, stressing the need to follow principles of natural justice.

The remission was revoked following the convict's arrest in an attempted murder case.

"The liberty of a person cannot be curtailed through administrative fiat without affording procedural safeguards. Since the cancellation of remission results in the convict's re-committal to custody, the consequence is serious enough to require strict adherence to natural justice," the High Court referred to the judgment of the Supreme Court in the Mafabhai Motibhai Sagar case.

Justice Sanjeev Narula, while directing reconsideration, asked the ...