What is at Stake is Our Commitment to National Self-Improvement
9 years, 7 months ago

What is at Stake is Our Commitment to National Self-Improvement

The Quint  

Institutions as Executioners There were other executioners who had foretold his death by hanging – the President of India who has rejected more mercy petitions than he has signed on presidential decrees; the executive, which sat silent even when its investigating agencies had informally sounded out Yakub after his “arrest” that they would not press for death penalty; the judiciary whose vain men in black robes had all the time to bicker over procedural matters but did not have the time to reflect on their black deed to push a broken man’s neck into the dangling noose; the Maharashtra governor who wasted not a moment to dismiss Yakub’s clemency plea once the unrelentingly severe judges of the Supreme Court, perhaps taking a cue from the executive, gave no humane consideration to the petition; and above all, a section of the public salivating over the application of the ancient principle of “an eye for an eye.” For each of the institutions of a democratic state there was no clash of morals, for each of the human agents, Yakub’s hanging sits well with the conception that justice requires the payment in kind. For each of the individuals, there was a choice before them: back capital punishment, which they did, or allow Yakub to serve life imprisonment without parole till his death. For them, there was no guidance from reason to distinguish the better form of punishment than the worse. The judges of the Supreme Court found themselves unable to express a unified position on the validity of the death penalty.

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Black warrant reality check: Is India skipping the noose?

India Today  

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2 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Current Scenario On Death Penalty In Light Of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
2 months, 1 week ago

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Live Law  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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2 years ago

Uphold dignity in death penalty

Hindustan Times  

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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 …

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2 years, 4 months ago

The death penalty and humanising criminal justice

The Hindu  

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Nirbhaya case :Human Rights activists "cry foul" after rapists are executed
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case :Human Rights activists "cry foul" after rapists are executed

Op India  

Following the execution of the convicts involved in the brutal gangrape and murder of 23-year-old physiotherapy student in 2012 who was named “Nirbhaya” by the media, several self-proclaimed human rights activists assumed moral high ground and dubbed the death penalty handed out to the convicts as an act of revenge. #Nirbhaya https://t.co/tWHlKA2Zh9 — Mohd Mojahid March 20, 2020 Citing the …

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]
5 years ago

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]

Live Law  

Hours before the scheduled execution, the convicts in the Nirbhaya case knocked the doors of the Supreme Court past midnight, hoping for a last minute judicial intervention to extend their lives.But the last ditch effort of the convicts met with no success, as the bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea, after a …

Nirbhaya case: Convicts seek stay on execution, approach International Court of Justice
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: Convicts seek stay on execution, approach International Court of Justice

Op India  

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No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3, court stays execution for now
5 years ago

No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3, court stays execution for now

India TV News  

Convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will not be hanged tomorrow. The convicts -- Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh, and Pawan Gupta -- were scheduled to be hanged on March 3 at 6 AM. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said the death sentence cannot be executed pending disposal of mercy petition of convict Pawan Gupta. It …

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5 years ago

Nirbhaya Case: Pawan Jallad readies noose for hanging, carries out dummy execution in Tihar Jail

India TV News  

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Nirbhaya case: Execution of convicts delayed again, Patiala House Court stays and defers matter
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: Execution of convicts delayed again, Patiala House Court stays and defers matter

Op India  

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Continuing debate
5 years, 1 month ago

Continuing debate

The Hindu  

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5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Case: How Disturbingly Clamour For Death Manifested Itself In Courtroom

Live Law  

It would be an understatement to say that the Nirbhaya rape case is more than just a 'legal proceeding'. It was during the recently concluded execution proceedings, wherein the Additional Sessions Judge ended up staying the date of execution sine die, that this unjustified clamour manifested itself. Despite being aware of the Delhi Prison Rules and how the same unambiguously …

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5 years, 1 month ago

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Firstpost  

Amid Shaheen Bagh protests, budget and upcoming Delhi elections, an important development has gone quite under the radar that may have far-reaching consequences and leave an indelible mark on India’s polity. The crime shook the nation and forced the government to enact tougher new laws, including introducing death penalty in ‘rarest of rare’ cases, widening the definition of “rape”, adding …

Nirbhaya's parents urge HC to expeditiously decide Centre's plea against stay on convicts execution
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Nirbhaya's parents urge HC to expeditiously decide Centre's plea against stay on convicts execution

India Today  

Nirbhaya's parents urged the Delhi High Court on Tuesday to expeditiously decide the Centre's plea challenging stay on execution of the four convicts in the case of their daughter's gang rape and murder. Advocate Jitendra Jha, representing the parents of Nirbhaya, given name of the victim, said he mentioned the matter before the court for early disposal of the government's …

Lawyer of Nirbhaya case convicts say hanging will be postponed till eternity
5 years, 1 month ago

Lawyer of Nirbhaya case convicts say hanging will be postponed till eternity

Op India  

Merely 12 hours ahead of the much-awaited execution of the four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the Patiala House court in Delhi on Friday once again directed the Tihar Jail authorities not to execute the four convicts until further notice. “Mujrimom ke vakeel AP Singh ne mujhe aaj anguli dikha kar challenge kiya ki ye faasi ab …

Why Nirbhaya Convicts Are Not Going to Be Hanged on 22 January
5 years, 2 months ago

Why Nirbhaya Convicts Are Not Going to Be Hanged on 22 January

The Quint  

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Execution of convicts will be 'real tribute' to her, says officer who headed Nirbhaya case SIT
5 years, 2 months ago

Execution of convicts will be 'real tribute' to her, says officer who headed Nirbhaya case SIT

India TV News  

The execution of the Nirbhaya case convicts will be a "real tribute" to her, Deputy Commissioner of Police Pramod Singh Kushwaha, who headed the SIT which probed the 2012 case, said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, a Delhi court issued death warrants against all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case and ordered that they be hanged on …

Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case: Debate on death penalty continues
5 years, 2 months ago

Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case: Debate on death penalty continues

India TV News  

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All 4 Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on January 22
5 years, 2 months ago

All 4 Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on January 22

The Hindu  

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Time Has Come To Examine The Need For Death Penalty As Punishment Especially Its Purpose And Practice: Justice Kurian Joseph, Other Two Judges Disagree [Read Judgment]
6 years, 3 months ago

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Live Law  

“Every death penalty case before the court deals with a human life that enjoys certain constitutional protections and if life is to be taken away, then the process must adhere to the strictest and highest constitutional standards. Our conscience as judges, which is guided by constitutional principles, cannot allow anything less than that.” Justice Kurian Joseph, while commuting death penalty …

“We Have Stopped Being A Civilized Nation And Accepted Barbarism. I Dissent”: SCOTUS Justice Sotamayor Refuses To Join ‘Rush To Execute’ A Rape-Murder Convict
6 years, 7 months ago

“We Have Stopped Being A Civilized Nation And Accepted Barbarism. I Dissent”: SCOTUS Justice Sotamayor Refuses To Join ‘Rush To Execute’ A Rape-Murder Convict

Live Law  

“I cannot in good conscience join in this “rush to execute” without first seeking every assurance that our precedent permits such a result. If the law permits this execution to go forward in spite of the horrific final minutes that Irick may well experience, then we have stopped being a civilized nation and accepted barbarism. I cannot in good conscience …

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 …

'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 …

Political games
9 years, 7 months ago

Political games

The Hindu  

Political games, particularly those relating to electoral politicking, have been an inseparable part of almost all the deliberations and developments in India on the issue of capital punishment. Indications from within Sangh Parivar organisations are that, in the context of the Yakub Memon hanging, issues that add to the communal polarisation are being taken up with a special focus in …

Yakub’s petition should have been heard by Constitution Bench: Prof. Upendra Baxi
9 years, 7 months ago

Yakub’s petition should have been heard by Constitution Bench: Prof. Upendra Baxi

Live Law  

A lot has been spoken about the execution of Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon, in the morning of July 30, 2015. The most recent to join the debate is Prof. Upendra Baxi.Hailing the fact that the Court sat in the early hours to hear the petition, Prof. Upendra Baxi wrote in an Article published by India Today, “The pre-dawn hearing was …

Yakub’s petition should have been heard by Constitution Bench: Prof. Upendra Baxi
9 years, 7 months ago

Yakub’s petition should have been heard by Constitution Bench: Prof. Upendra Baxi

Live Law  

A lot has been spoken about the execution of Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon, in the morning of July 30, 2015. The most recent to join the debate is Prof. Upendra Baxi.Hailing the fact that the Court sat in the early hours to hear the petition, Prof. Upendra Baxi wrote in an Article published by India Today, “The pre-dawn hearing was …

Yakub Memon’s Execution: When Reason Gave Way to Mediocrity
9 years, 7 months ago

Yakub Memon’s Execution: When Reason Gave Way to Mediocrity

The Quint  

Yakub Memon’s hanging has kicked more dust than a sober assessment of the merit of the case. Living in weird times, we had the unique benefit of coming across bizarre to potentially mischievous reactions, making us wonder whether we were taking our right to freedom for a cruel ride. Someone in love with his words even went to the extent …

Yakub Memon hanging aftermath: The irrationality of arguments against death sentence
9 years, 7 months ago

Yakub Memon hanging aftermath: The irrationality of arguments against death sentence

Firstpost  

Opposition to the death penalty is founded on the belief that retribution is unworthy; it should be abolished because we are a civilised society. A crime of passion, or even a simple, pre-meditated murder, does not qualify for the death penalty under Indian law. To take just the most recent examples, regardless of anyone’s view of the death penalty, no …

Should Judicial Processes be Seen Through a Religious Prism?
9 years, 7 months ago

Should Judicial Processes be Seen Through a Religious Prism?

The Quint  

Multi-Level Issues Beyond the facts, critical issues and questions need to be assessed at several levels. At one level, a larger public debate about abolishing the death sentence latched onto the decision to execute Yakub. The posthumous publishing of an article by one of India’s top intelligence officers of that time, Bahukutumbi Raman, somewhat complicated issues. In his article, Raman …

The Hindi Press Mostly Supported the Yakub Memon Hanging
9 years, 7 months ago

The Hindi Press Mostly Supported the Yakub Memon Hanging

The Quint  

Yakub Memon’s hanging was denounced by most sections of the English press, but how did the Hindi press cover the issue? Dainik Jagran, a leading Hindi daily stated that the fight to save Yakub Memon’s life sent out the wrong message, while Amar Ujala and Dainik Hindustan felt that the politics around Memon’s execution were a threat to the social …

Yakub Memon hanging stokes political debate
9 years, 7 months ago

Yakub Memon hanging stokes political debate

The Hindu  

The hanging of Yakub Memon fuelled a debate in political circles on Thursday, both on the death sentence in general as well as on the fairness of the decision. That did not deter Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley from describing the statements made by Mr. Singh and Dr. Tharoor as “irresponsible.” He sought an explanation from Congress president Sonia Gandhi …

Questions raised over Yakub Memon’s hanging
9 years, 7 months ago

Questions raised over Yakub Memon’s hanging

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Despite a last-ditch effort at appealing to India’s highest court to provide a grace period of 14 days, Yakub Memon, the lone convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was reportedly executed at the Nagpur central prison on Thursday morning. In an editorial last week, The Hindu said that hanging Memon “will only give the impression that the …

India execution brings out mixed feelings on punishment - India TV News
9 years, 7 months ago

India execution brings out mixed feelings on punishment - India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi : Few countries sentence more people to death than India. About 300 prominent citizens, including at least eight retired judges of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, had urged India's president to commute Memon's sentence to life in prison, reflecting what appears to be growing uneasiness in India with the death penalty. The relatively low number …

Yakub Memon Hanged: Late Night Drama Fails To Save Him
9 years, 7 months ago

Yakub Memon Hanged: Late Night Drama Fails To Save Him

The Quint  

A battery of lawyers including Prashant Bhushan, Anand Grover, Vrinda Grover, Nitya Ramakrishnan and Yug Choudhary representing Yakub Memon were spotted at the residence of CJI Dattu seeking a stay on the execution. Citing a Supreme Court judgement in the Shatrughan Chouhan VS Union of India case, a fresh petition was filed with the CJI seeking at least a 14 …

President rejects mercy petition of Yakub Memon
9 years, 7 months ago

President rejects mercy petition of Yakub Memon

India TV News  

New Delhi: President has rejected the mercy petition filed by Yakub Memon against his death sentence. The decision came after Mukherjee held consultations first with Home Minister Rajnath Singh who was later joined by Home Secretary L C Goyal and Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar. Earlier, Home Minister Rajnath Singh tonight called on President Pranab Mukherjee and is believed to have …

Inhuman and unconscionable
9 years, 7 months ago

Inhuman and unconscionable

The Hindu  

Judicial finality need not necessarily mean that India should hang Yakub Memon. Even in this situation, as his life >hangs on the slender thread of a fresh mercy plea to the President, is the irreversible and inhuman sentence of death the only recourse for a democratic government? It was only in apparent cognisance of this that the Supreme Court ruled …

Justice hasn't been done: Experts question Yakub Memon SC verdict procedure, victims happy
9 years, 7 months ago

Justice hasn't been done: Experts question Yakub Memon SC verdict procedure, victims happy

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay execution of Yakub Memon on Wednesday drew sharp reactions from legal experts with some questioning the procedure adopted in the issuance of death warrant, while others, including victims of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, hailing the verdict. New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay execution of Yakub Memon on Wednesday drew sharp reactions from …

Yakub Memon may be hanged at 7 am on Thursday as SC refuses to stay execution
9 years, 7 months ago

Yakub Memon may be hanged at 7 am on Thursday as SC refuses to stay execution

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the curative petition of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon in connection with his death penalty. The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the curative petition of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon in connection with his death penalty and ruled that there will be no stay on his execution scheduled to take place on …

Pardoning Yakub Memon will be a tribute to Dr. Kalam: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
9 years, 7 months ago

Pardoning Yakub Memon will be a tribute to Dr. Kalam: Gopalkrishna Gandhi

The Hindu  

In an impassioned plea to the President, the former Governor of West Bengal, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, has invoked the late A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's opposition to the death penalty to urge a reconsideration of the rejection of Yakub Memon's mercy plea. Abdul Kalam whose conscientious opposition to the death penalty is widely known, I urge you to reconsider the rejection of Yakub …

A Judge as Delusional Dictator Clinging on to Death By Hanging
9 years, 7 months ago

A Judge as Delusional Dictator Clinging on to Death By Hanging

The Quint  

The legal course of Mumbai blast-accused convict Yakub Memon’s appeals of clemency against the death penalty imposed on him, and subsequently ratified by the Supreme Court, has unequivocally revealed that while handing out capital punishment, the pronouncements of our judges echo that of the state – uncompromisingly and whimsically bent on inflicting death to a broken man. Of the two …

Yakub Memon's death sentence: SC asks Attorney General to clarify rules of curative petitions
9 years, 7 months ago

Yakub Memon's death sentence: SC asks Attorney General to clarify rules of curative petitions

Firstpost  

Uncertainty continued on Monday over whether Yakub Memon, the sole 1993 Mumbai blasts convict on death row, will be hanged on 30 July. New Delhi: Uncertainty continued on Monday over whether Yakub Memon, the sole 1993 Mumbai blasts convict on death row, will be hanged on 30 July, with the Supreme Court asking Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to clarify on …

Executing Memon; Gross Travesty of justice; Former Judges and Jurists [Read the Petition]
9 years, 7 months ago

Executing Memon; Gross Travesty of justice; Former Judges and Jurists [Read the Petition]

Live Law  

Yakub Memon is scheduled to be hanged on July 30 at Nagpur Central Prison after his curative petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Here is the full text of the Petition His Excellency, The Hon’ble President of India Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi Subject: New Mercy Petition Urging Stay Against Imminent Execution of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon May …

Executing Memon; Gross Travesty of justice; Former Judges and Jurists [Read the Petition]
9 years, 7 months ago

Executing Memon; Gross Travesty of justice; Former Judges and Jurists [Read the Petition]

Live Law  

Yakub Memon is scheduled to be hanged on July 30 at Nagpur Central Prison after his curative petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Here is the full text of the Petition His Excellency, The Hon’ble President of India Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi Subject: New Mercy Petition Urging Stay Against Imminent Execution of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon May …

Govt approves Rs 22 lakh for Yakub Memon's execution-IndiaTV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Govt approves Rs 22 lakh for Yakub Memon's execution-IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Nagpur: With barely a week left for the scheduled hanging of Yakub Memon, the sole death-row convict of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, preparations are in full swing at the Nagpur Central Prison with authorities conducting dummy trials. "However, the primary responsibility of the execution lies with the Nagpur Jail Superintendent Yogesh Desai, who was posted at Yerwada Prison in …

Yakub Memon: The State Cannot be in the Business of Killing
9 years, 8 months ago

Yakub Memon: The State Cannot be in the Business of Killing

The Quint  

An Eye for an Eye? Different trial courts across India sentenced more than 1,400 persons to death between 2001 and 2011, but only four have been hanged since 1995. It’s true that the Supreme Court has made incremental advance making laws related to the death penalty more humane and has held that it should be awarded only in the “rarest …

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