SC notice to Centre on plea against mode of execution of death sentence, seeks response in three weeks
7 years, 5 months ago

SC notice to Centre on plea against mode of execution of death sentence, seeks response in three weeks

India TV News  

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the legal provision that a death row convict would be hanged to death. The plea said that Article 21 of the Constitution also includes the right of a condemned prisoner to have a dignified mode of execution so that death becomes less painful. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud issued notice to the Centre and sought its response in three weeks on the PIL which referred to the 187th Report of the Law Commission against the present mode of execution. Lawyer Rishi Malhotra, who filed the PIL in his personal capacity, has also referred to various apex court judgements in which the practice of hanging a death row convict has been assailed.

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R.G. Kar rape-murder case: CBI files appeal in HC seeking death penalty for convict
2 months ago

R.G. Kar rape-murder case: CBI files appeal in HC seeking death penalty for convict

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday filed an appeal before the Calcutta High Court seeking enhancement of life imprisonment to the death penalty for the convict in the rape and murder of the doctor at the R.G. Earlier in the day, the CBI, through Deputy Solicitor General Rajdeep Majumdar, opposed the West Bengal government’s petition seeking enhancement of punishment …

‘30-yr jail without remission worse than capital punishment’: Plea in SC
6 months, 1 week ago

‘30-yr jail without remission worse than capital punishment’: Plea in SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Desperately pleading for release, Swami Shraddhananda —serving 30 years jail sentence without remission for killing his wife—on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the imprisonment till his biological death awarded to him is far worse than the capital punishment. Although Justice Gavai refused his writ petition seeking release from jail, he agreed to hear his separate plea seeking …

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life
1 year, 1 month ago

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a petition, filed by Chandrakant Jha, who is serving life term, seeking to know as to whether the specification of 'life sentence' would mean the entire life or can it be commuted or remitted by powers given under law. The Top Court's two-judge bench, headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and …

Supreme Court Allows Project 39A To Intervene In PIL Challenging Execution Of Death Penalty By Hanging
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Allows Project 39A To Intervene In PIL Challenging Execution Of Death Penalty By Hanging

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Project 39A of National Law University-Delhi to intervene in a PIL seeking to abolish the present practice of executing a death row convict by hanging and to replace the same with less painful alternatives. Earlier, the Supreme Court had expressed its inclination towards constituting an expert committee to determine if the execution of death …

Uphold dignity in death penalty
2 years ago

Uphold dignity in death penalty

Hindustan Times  

There are layers upon layers in the judicial debate on capital punishment — the efficacy and ethics of administering the death penalty, the adequacy of procedural safeguards, the choice of the most humane way to execute a person, and even the moral argument — but at its heart rests the motivation to safeguard the dignity of the life that is …

Death Penalty By Hanging Barbaric? Supreme Court To Examine Less Painful Alternatives
2 years ago

Death Penalty By Hanging Barbaric? Supreme Court To Examine Less Painful Alternatives

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its inclination towards constituting an expert committee to determine if the execution of death penalty through hanging was proportionate. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha was hearing a PIL seeking to abolish the present practice of executing a death row convict by hanging which involves “prolonged pain. A bench …

SC asks govt. for data on death by hanging and a possible alternative mode of execution
2 years ago

SC asks govt. for data on death by hanging and a possible alternative mode of execution

The Hindu  

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 …

'What Is The Use Of Death Sentence, If It Is To Be Executed After 20-25 Years?' : Supreme Court Asks On Plea Challenging Commutation
2 years, 3 months ago

'What Is The Use Of Death Sentence, If It Is To Be Executed After 20-25 Years?' : Supreme Court Asks On Plea Challenging Commutation

Live Law  

At the outset, Justice Shah put to the advocate for the state, "What is the purpose of awarding a death sentence? The advocate replied, "Your Lordships, the first mercy petition was not filed by these accused, that was filed by some residents of Canada, Australia, etc.please, Your Lordships, 9 children were murdered." In the impugned judgment of January 18, 2022, …

SC Deprecates 'dilatory Tactics' Adopted by Parties in Death Penalty Case
2 years, 4 months ago

SC Deprecates 'dilatory Tactics' Adopted by Parties in Death Penalty Case

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday strongly deprecated the “dilatory tactics” adopted by the parties and their advocates for “deflecting the course of justice” in a murder case, where seven of the convicts have been awarded death sentence. Justice Bela M Trivedi, who was also part of the bench, took a strict view and said, “Such a dilatory tactics adopted by …

Death Penalty: SC Refers to 5-judge Bench Case on Framing Guidelines on Mitigating Circumstances
2 years, 6 months ago

Death Penalty: SC Refers to 5-judge Bench Case on Framing Guidelines on Mitigating Circumstances

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a five-judge Constitution bench a suo motu plea on framing of guidelines on how and when potential mitigating circumstances be considered by courts during trial in cases which entail the death penalty as the maximum punishment. A bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said it was of the opinion that this …

SC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Guidelines For Time-Bound Disposal Of Clemency & Mercy Petitions
4 years, 8 months ago

SC Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Guidelines For Time-Bound Disposal Of Clemency & Mercy Petitions

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea seeking directions for issuance of guidelines via-à-vis disposal of clemency/mercy writ petitions and resultant execution of death sentence in a time bound manner.Notice was issued by a bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, R. Subhash Reddy & AS Bopanna in the petition filed by Advocate Dr. Subhash Vijayran, highlighting the …

Plea In SC Seeks Guidelines For Time Bound Disposal Of Clemency & Mercy Petitions
4 years, 8 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Guidelines For Time Bound Disposal Of Clemency & Mercy Petitions

Live Law  

A plea in the Supreme Court has been preferred seeking directions for issuance of guidelines via-à-vis disposal of clemency/mercy writ petitions and resultant execution of death sentence in a time bound manner.Advocate Dr. Subhash Vijayran has filed the petition and highlights the irregularities in deciding writ petitions across high courts while particularly focussing on the case of. A plea in …

SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of Execution Of Death Penalty By Hanging
5 years ago

SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Constitutionality Of Execution Of Death Penalty By Hanging

Live Law  

Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by a 88-year old freedom fighter challenging the constitutional validity of delivering death penalty by hanging by deathThe Bench headed by Justice SA Bobde dismissed the petition filed by S Paremeswaran Nampoothiri challenging Section 354 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which states when any person is sentenced to death, the sentence. Supreme …

Nirbhaya case: SC issue notices to 4 death row convicts on Centre's appeal against HC verdict
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya case: SC issue notices to 4 death row convicts on Centre's appeal against HC verdict

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on the Centre's appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict which dismissed its plea against stay on their execution. The trial court had on Friday dismissed the pleas of Delhi government and Tihar jail authorities seeking fresh date for …

New Delhi: Appeal for law on separate hanging
5 years, 1 month ago

New Delhi: Appeal for law on separate hanging

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre and Delhi government on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lay down a law to separately hang death row convicts who are convicted for the same crime so that they may not by a “calculated design” delay the execution of sentence. Taking the court through the dates of the Nirbhaya case to contend that the four …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: SC to hear Centre's plea challenging HC verdict on execution of death row convicts
5 years, 1 month ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: SC to hear Centre's plea challenging HC verdict on execution of death row convicts

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday the Centre’s appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict dismissing its plea against stay on the execution of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case. A three-judge bench, comprising Justices R Bhanumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, will hear at 12.30 pm on Friday …

Lawyer of 2012 Delhi gangrape death row convicts files plea seeking stay on 1 Feb executions, claims all four can't be hanged till legal remedies run out
5 years, 1 month ago

Lawyer of 2012 Delhi gangrape death row convicts files plea seeking stay on 1 Feb executions, claims all four can't be hanged till legal remedies run out

Firstpost  

Also on Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear the curative petition of another convict in the Delhi gangrape case, Akshay Thakur, who is seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment. The advocate of the death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case on Thursday moved a Delhi court seeking a stay on their executions scheduled …

Centre moves SC seeking seven-day deadline for execution of death row convicts after issuance of death warrant
5 years, 2 months ago

Centre moves SC seeking seven-day deadline for execution of death row convicts after issuance of death warrant

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for fixing a deadline of seven days for execution of death penalty of condemned prisoners after issuance of black warrant. In an application, the MHA sought a direction “to mandate all competent courts, state governments, prison authorities in country to issue death warrant of a convict within seven days of …

‘Legal process taken for a ride’: Centre asks SC to set rules for death row cases
5 years, 2 months ago

‘Legal process taken for a ride’: Centre asks SC to set rules for death row cases

Hindustan Times  

Amid the uncertainty over the execution of the four men sentenced to death for the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the Centre on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court to introduce a 7-day deadline for death-row convicts to file mercy petitions. Supreme Court of India, photo by Rajkumar The Centre requested the top court to amend its 2014 verdict in the …

SC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Mandatory Death Penalty Under SC/ST Act [Read Petition]
5 years, 10 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Mandatory Death Penalty Under SC/ST Act [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice SA Bobde today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL challenging mandatory death penalty under section 3 of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act. The provisions prescribes mandatory death penalty to a non-SC/ST person, if he is found to have knowingly fabricated or given false evidence in a criminal. The …

SC Confirms Death Penalty Awarded To Man Accused Of Killing Six Persons [Read Judgment]
6 years ago

SC Confirms Death Penalty Awarded To Man Accused Of Killing Six Persons [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, after a long gap and a series of commutations, has confirmed a death sentence in a judgment delivered on Tuesday. The bench comprising Justice AK Sikri, Justice Abdul Nazeer and Justice MR Shah upheld the death penalty imposed on Khushwinder Singh, convicted of murdering six persons belonging to a family, out of which two were minors – …

Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking immediate execution of death row convicts in 2012 December gangrape case
6 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking immediate execution of death row convicts in 2012 December gangrape case

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking directions for the immediate execution of the four men convicted in the Delhi gangrape and murder case of 2012. On 9 July, the apex court dismissed the pleas of three convicts — Mukesh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma — seeking review of it 2017 verdict which upheld the capital …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 11-Yr-Old Rape & Murder Case [Read Order]
6 years, 5 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 11-Yr-Old Rape & Murder Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

‘If in such barbaric act, Court takes lenient view, certainly this may prick conscious of the society besides pricking conscious of this Court.’, the HC had said in this case.The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of man convicted for rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.The Patna High Court had confirmed the death penalty imposed on Munna Pandey …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 11-Yr-Old Rape & Murder Case [Read Order]
6 years, 5 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 11-Yr-Old Rape & Murder Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

‘If in such barbaric act, Court takes lenient view, certainly this may prick conscious of the society besides pricking conscious of this Court.’, the HC had said in this case.The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of man convicted for rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.The Patna High Court had confirmed the death penalty imposed on Munna Pandey …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Sentence In A 9 Year Old Girl Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]
6 years, 6 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Sentence In A 9 Year Old Girl Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

“She expected him to behave to her like a father. He smothered her, prevented her from crying, raped her and in the process committed murder.”The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, stayed the execution of death penalty of a man accused of rape and murder Of 9-Yr-Old Girl.The Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra granted leave in the …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 7-Yr-Old Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]
6 years, 6 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 7-Yr-Old Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

“The sex maniacs are prowling in the society like wild wolves to quench their sinful bodily lust. In this evil pursuit they even do not spare infants and children,” the high court had said in the judgmentThe Supreme Court has stayed execution of death penalty imposed on a man accused of rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl.Calling for the …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 7-Yr-Old Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]
6 years, 6 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Penalty In 7-Yr-Old Rape And Murder Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

“The sex maniacs are prowling in the society like wild wolves to quench their sinful bodily lust. In this evil pursuit they even do not spare infants and children,” the high court had said in the judgmentThe Supreme Court has stayed execution of death penalty imposed on a man accused of rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl.Calling for the …

Hanging best option in death sentence: Centre to Supreme Court
6 years, 10 months ago

Hanging best option in death sentence: Centre to Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

Hanging was a safe and quick method to carry out a death sentence, the Centre has told Supreme Court in response to a public interest litigation that says the practice violates the right to die with dignity. Making the execution “overly comfortable” would bring down the deterrent effect of a death sentence, the home ministry has said in an affidavit …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Sentence Of A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of 3-Year-Old Girl [Read Order]
6 years, 11 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Sentence Of A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of 3-Year-Old Girl [Read Order]

Live Law  

The gullibility and vulnerability of a 3-year-old girl, who could not have nurtured any idea about the maladroitly designed biological desires of this nature, accompanied the accused who extinguished her life spark, the high court had observed.The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence of a man accused of rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl.The Chhattisgarh …

SC Stays Execution Of Death Sentence Of A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of 3-Year-Old Girl [Read Order]
6 years, 11 months ago

SC Stays Execution Of Death Sentence Of A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Of 3-Year-Old Girl [Read Order]

Live Law  

The gullibility and vulnerability of a 3-year-old girl, who could not have nurtured any idea about the maladroitly designed biological desires of this nature, accompanied the accused who extinguished her life spark, the high court had observed.The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence of a man accused of rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl.The Chhattisgarh …

Is death by hanging dignified? While Supreme Court waits for govt's reply, a look at options
7 years, 5 months ago

Is death by hanging dignified? While Supreme Court waits for govt's reply, a look at options

India Today  

The Supreme Court has made an important observation while issuing a notice to the Centre that a convict is entitled to die "in peace and not in pain". The PIL was filed by a Supreme Court lawyer Rishi Malhotra, who has challenged Section 354 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which provides for the method of execution of death sentence …

‘Legislature Can Think Of Other Modes Of Execution’: SC Issues Notice On PIL Against Death By Hanging [Read Petition]
7 years, 5 months ago

‘Legislature Can Think Of Other Modes Of Execution’: SC Issues Notice On PIL Against Death By Hanging [Read Petition]

Live Law  

Acting on a plea filed by a lawyer, the Supreme Court today observed that the legislature can consider amending the CrPC to change the mode of execution of a death row convict from the present painful hanging to some other less painful method. Holding that “dying with dignity is part of right of life”, a PIL has been filed in …

'Find replacement for death by hanging': Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, says think of other modes to execute convicts
7 years, 5 months ago

'Find replacement for death by hanging': Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, says think of other modes to execute convicts

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the legal provision that a death row convict would be hanged to death. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to a plea challenging the legal provision that a death row convict would be hanged to death. With the invention of …

PIL In SC Seeks Painless End for Death Convicts; Suggests Shooting, Injection Or Electrocution Instead Of Hanging [Read Petition]
7 years, 6 months ago

PIL In SC Seeks Painless End for Death Convicts; Suggests Shooting, Injection Or Electrocution Instead Of Hanging [Read Petition]

Live Law  

Holding that “dying with dignity is part of right of life”, a first-of-its-kind PIL has been filed in Supreme Court for abolishing the present practice of executing a death row convict by hanging which involves “prolonged pain and suffering” and to replace it with intravenous lethal injection, shooting, electrocution or gas chamber in which death is just a matter of …

SC Directs Listing Of Death-Row Convicts’ Challenge To In Limine Dismissal Of Appeals After The Vacation [Read Order]
7 years, 9 months ago

SC Directs Listing Of Death-Row Convicts’ Challenge To In Limine Dismissal Of Appeals After The Vacation [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices D.Y.Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, today directed the listing of writ petitions filed by two death-row convicts, Babu @ Ketan and Sanni, challenging the Supreme Court Rules, which facilitate in limine dismissals of appeals against death sentence by the Supreme Court, before a three-Judge Bench, during the first week after the. The Supreme …

SC Agrees To Hear Death-Row Convicts’ Writ Petition Seeking Stay On Hanging
7 years, 9 months ago

SC Agrees To Hear Death-Row Convicts’ Writ Petition Seeking Stay On Hanging

Live Law  

Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, on Monday, June 19 directed listing on June 22, of the Criminal Writ Petition filed by Babu @ Ketan and Sanni, seeking stay on their hanging, following the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President, Pranab Mukherjee. The President rejected their mercy petitions on May 25.READ: President …

SC Agrees To Hear Death-Row Convicts’ Writ Petition Seeking Stay On Hanging
7 years, 9 months ago

SC Agrees To Hear Death-Row Convicts’ Writ Petition Seeking Stay On Hanging

Live Law  

Supreme Court’s Vacation Bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, on Monday, June 19 directed listing on June 22, of the Criminal Writ Petition filed by Babu @ Ketan and Sanni, seeking stay on their hanging, following the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President, Pranab Mukherjee. The President rejected their mercy petitions on May 25.READ: President …

Breaking: SC Stays Execution Of Two Death Row Convicts [Read Order]
8 years, 5 months ago

Breaking: SC Stays Execution Of Two Death Row Convicts [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of two death row convicts - Vikram Singh and Jasvir Singh @ Jassa, who were sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old boy after demanding a ransom of Rs 50 lakh from his father.The bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Amitava Roy stayed the execution of death …

Breaking: SC Stays Execution Of Two Death Row Convicts [Read Order]
8 years, 5 months ago

Breaking: SC Stays Execution Of Two Death Row Convicts [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of two death row convicts - Vikram Singh and Jasvir Singh @ Jassa, who were sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old boy after demanding a ransom of Rs 50 lakh from his father.The bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Amitava Roy stayed the execution of death …

SC rejects Centre's plea against commutation of death penalty for Rajiv Gandhi's killers
9 years, 7 months ago

SC rejects Centre's plea against commutation of death penalty for Rajiv Gandhi's killers

Firstpost  

SC dismissed the plea of the Centre filed against the commutation of death penalty into life imprisonment of convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the curative petition of the Centre filed against the commutation of death penalty into life imprisonment of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, granting a fresh …

Right to life does not end with confirmation of death sentence for death row convicts: SC
9 years, 9 months ago

Right to life does not end with confirmation of death sentence for death row convicts: SC

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court today held that right to life does not end with the confirmation of the death sentence, observing that the basis to the right to dignity also extends to the death row convicts. The Supreme Court held that right to life does not end with the confirmation of the death sentence, observing that the basis to the right …

PIL questions validity of ‘jail term for life’, Notice issued by Supreme Court
10 years, 6 months ago

PIL questions validity of ‘jail term for life’, Notice issued by Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition asking that definition of life sentence till death be declared unconstitutional as it is violative of the Constitution. How can the sentence of imprisonment for life given to a convict as a substitute for the death sentence be viewed differently and segregated from the ordinary life imprisonment given as the sentence …

Centre to file a curative petition against SC judgment commuting death penalty to life term of 15 convicts
11 years ago

Centre to file a curative petition against SC judgment commuting death penalty to life term of 15 convicts

Live Law  

The Centre is planning to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court against its order to commute to life term the death penalty of 15 convicts on grounds of delay in disposal of their mercy petitions by the President. A review petition filed on the subject was dismissed by the apex court last week.The Centre wants to oppose the …

SC stays execution of death penalty of 2 convicts in Delhi gang rape case till March 31
11 years ago

SC stays execution of death penalty of 2 convicts in Delhi gang rape case till March 31

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Saturday stayed till March 31 the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the Delhi gang rape and murder case, a couple of days after the Delhi High Court upheld the punishment awarded to them by the trial court. The order was passed by a Bench of the Apex Court, comprising Justices …

SC rejects Centre's plea on verdict on commutation of death penalty
11 years ago

SC rejects Centre's plea on verdict on commutation of death penalty

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed the Centre's plea seeking review of its verdict holding that undue delay by the government in deciding mercy plea can be a ground to commute death sentence of a condemned prisoner. The apex court rejected the Centre's contention that the January 21 judgement by which 15 condemned prisoners were granted life and paved …

Centre seeks review of Apex Court’s verdict commuting death penalty of 15 convicts to life imprisonment
11 years ago

Centre seeks review of Apex Court’s verdict commuting death penalty of 15 convicts to life imprisonment

Live Law  

The Centre on Saturday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of the judgment dated 21st January of the Apex Court commuting death penalty of 15 convicts to life imprisonment. A 3-judges bench of the Apex Court headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, in its judgment of 21st January rendered in Shatrughan Chauhan and others, had held …

SC reserves its verdict on the plea of death row convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case
11 years, 1 month ago

SC reserves its verdict on the plea of death row convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

Live Law  

Supreme Court today has reserved its verdict on the plea of death row convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case seeking commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment.A three-judge bench headed by Chief justice P Sathasivam reserved the order after hearing the arguments of counsel appearing for the convicts and Attorney General G E Vahanvati who represented the central government.In. Supreme …

The agony of awaiting death
11 years, 1 month ago

The agony of awaiting death

The Hindu  

On January 21, 2014 the Supreme Court of India pronounced a momentous judgment relieving the agony of convicts in India sentenced to death awaiting their execution for prolonged periods of time. The Court has held that a convict sentenced to death has a Constitutional right to petition the President for relief against his sentence, and the consideration of his petition …

Breaking; SC Commutes Death Sentences of 15 Prisoners including Rajiv Assassins and Veerappan aides. [Read Judgment]
11 years, 2 months ago

Breaking; SC Commutes Death Sentences of 15 Prisoners including Rajiv Assassins and Veerappan aides. [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a landmark judgment Supreme Court held that delay in disposing mercy petition is a ground to commute the capital sentence in to Imprisonment for Life. Court Commuted death sentence of 15 condemned prisoners including four aides of Veerappan and Rajiv Gndhi assassins to life term mainly on ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea by the government.The Supreme …

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