SC asks govt. for data on death by hanging and a possible alternative mode of execution
The Supreme Court on March 21 asked the Centre to provide data which may point to a more dignified, less painful and socially acceptable method of executing prisoners other than death by hanging. The Court indicated to the Centre, represented by Attorney General R. Venkataramani, that it needed some underlying data based on which it could examine if there was a more "humane" method of execution which would render death by hanging unconstitutional. "If we have to relook death by hanging, we need better data… We want to know the impact of the sentence of death by hanging, the pain caused, the period of actual death and the availability of resources for hanging a person," Chief Justice Chandrachud observed. Chief Justice Chandrachud asked Mr. Malhotra if he had gone through "startling" anecdotal research material which shows that "heavy patients" end up "struggling" after the administration of lethal injections in the U.S. "Now, we cannot tell the legislature that method 'A' is better than method 'B'.
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