Tomorrow AT 5.30 PM - Deathworthy - A Discussion On Mental Health Perspective Of Death Penalty -Justice S. Muralidhar
3 years, 2 months ago

Tomorrow AT 5.30 PM - Deathworthy - A Discussion On Mental Health Perspective Of Death Penalty -Justice S. Muralidhar

Live Law  

Five years of Project 39A's work to understand psychiatric illnesses and intellectual disability among death row prisoners in India has culminated in Deathworthy: A Mental Health Perspective of the Death Penalty.Join us for a discussion on the report at 5:30 pm on 20th October 2021.The panel comprises • Justice S. Muralidhar • Professor Pratima. Five years of Project 39A's work to understand psychiatric illnesses and intellectual disability among death row prisoners in India has culminated in Deathworthy: A Mental Health Perspective of the Death Penalty. Join us for a discussion on the report at 5:30 pm on 20th October 2021. The panel comprises • Justice S. Muralidhar • Professor Pratima Murthy • Professor Sanjeev Jain • Maitreyi Misra Watch it live on LiveLaw's Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/q4tRBGTpZeg

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

Current Scenario On Death Penalty In Light Of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Live Law  

India has in the past voted against a draft resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the abolition of the death penalty. As per Sec 22 of BNSS, a sentence of death may be passed by: A High Court A Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge subject to the confirmation by the High Court. EXECUTION OF DEATH SENTENCE Chapter …

No Death Penalty On Persons With Mental Illness Or Developmental Or Intellectual Disabilities: World Psychiatric Association
1 year, 3 months ago

No Death Penalty On Persons With Mental Illness Or Developmental Or Intellectual Disabilities: World Psychiatric Association

Live Law  

Established in 1950, the World Psychiatric Association is a global organisation representing 145 psychiatric societies across 121 countries. The World Psychiatric Association in the General Assembly of its 23rd World Congress in Vienna on 30 September 2023 approved a Position Statement recommending that the death penalty should not be imposed on any person with mental illness or intellectual and developmental …

Uphold dignity in death penalty
1 year, 9 months 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 …

Explained: How India saw the highest number of death penalties in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: How India saw the highest number of death penalties in 2022

Firstpost  

According to the report ‘Death Penalty in India, Annual Statistics Report, 2022,’ trial courts across India imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, the most in a single year in the last two decades New Delhi: Trial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a …

165 Death Sentences Awarded By Trial Courts In 2022, Highest Ever In A Year Since 2000 : Project 39A Report
1 year, 11 months ago

165 Death Sentences Awarded By Trial Courts In 2022, Highest Ever In A Year Since 2000 : Project 39A Report

Live Law  

In 2022, trial courts imposed the largest number of death sentences in a single year since 2000 while the death row population was the highest it has been since 2004. Overview of Death Sentences In 2022, trial courts imposed death sentences on 165 persons - the largest number of death sentences imposed in a single year in over two decades …

Why India needs a rethink before expanding scope of death penalty
2 years, 2 months ago

Why India needs a rethink before expanding scope of death penalty

Firstpost  

It is crystal clear the graph of number of death sentences dips amazingly as the cases get referred up Put yourself in the shoes of a rape and murder victim’s parents. But while the Delhi High Court had given the death punishment calling the accused “predators”, the Supreme Court exonerated all three defendants for the 2012 rape and murder of …

The death penalty and humanising criminal justice
2 years, 2 months ago

The death penalty and humanising criminal justice

The Hindu  

As a conservative agency of the state, the Supreme Court of India is ordinarily expected to tread the path laid out by the written text of law and the binding precedents. On policies and uniformity The focus here is on reframing ‘Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to be Considered While Imposing Death Sentences’, a decision authored by the three …

DC Edit | SC move to set guidelines on death penalty welcome
2 years, 3 months ago

DC Edit | SC move to set guidelines on death penalty welcome

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of the Supreme Court to set up a Constitution Bench to lay down guidelines for the courts on providing a convict a real and meaningful hearing before deciding on a death penalty is a refreshing step that will further civilise the criminal justice delivery system in our country. The only protection a person can have against incarceration or …

Supreme Court Allows Project 39A-NLUD To Interview Death Row Convict For Report On Character & Behaviour To Analyse Mitigating Circumstances
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Allows Project 39A-NLUD To Interview Death Row Convict For Report On Character & Behaviour To Analyse Mitigating Circumstances

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently allowed the prayer of a death row convict to have an interview with a mitigating investigator associated with Project 39A of National Law University Delhi to submit a report regarding mitigating circumstances.The Court opined that it would be essential to have the particulars regarding the character and behaviour of accused, on record, in death penalty matters …

Death Penalty- "We Need To Acknowledge The Person We Are Dealing With At least At The Stage Of Sentencing": Orissa HC Chief Justice Muralidhar
3 years, 2 months ago

Death Penalty- "We Need To Acknowledge The Person We Are Dealing With At least At The Stage Of Sentencing": Orissa HC Chief Justice Muralidhar

Live Law  

"One aspect of this report is to give us another narrative on the person who has been convicted of a crime is. ""This report points out that you need to acknowledge the person you are dealing with at least at the stage of sentencing that person to death." Orissa High Court Chief Justice Justice Muralidhar made the above remarks at …

The scourge of mental illness among prisoners on death row
3 years, 2 months ago

The scourge of mental illness among prisoners on death row

Live Mint  

Over 60% of prisoners on death row interviewed for a major study were found to be suffering from a mental illness, and the longer they spent awaiting their possible execution, the worse their mental health was likely to be. India’s death row prisoners often belong to marginalized communities, and are highly likely to have a past marked by neglect, violence …

[VIDEO] Deathworthy - A Discussion On Mental Health Perspective Of Death Penalty -Justice S. Muralidhar
3 years, 2 months ago

[VIDEO] Deathworthy - A Discussion On Mental Health Perspective Of Death Penalty -Justice S. Muralidhar

Live Law  

Five years of Project 39A's work to understand psychiatric illnesses and intellectual disability among death row prisoners in India has culminated in Deathworthy: A Mental Health Perspective of the Death Penalty.Join us for a discussion on the report at 5:30 pm on 20th October 2021.The panel comprises • Justice S. Muralidhar • Professor Pratima. Five years of Project 39A's work …

Book Review- "The Punished: Stories of Death-Row Prisoners in India" by Jahanvi Mishra
3 years, 9 months ago

Book Review- "The Punished: Stories of Death-Row Prisoners in India" by Jahanvi Mishra

Live Law  

The debate on the righteousness of capital punishment is going on since time immemorial. Based on the interview for Project 39A, Jahanvi Mishra has penned down "The Punished: Stories of Death-Row Prisoners in India", a book that reveals lives of death-row prisoners in India. The foreword by Dr Anup Surendranath draws attention to several important issues regarding death-row prisoners and …

Stories of the people we want to kill
3 years, 9 months ago

Stories of the people we want to kill

Live Mint  

About a year ago, the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case—Akshay Thakur, 31, Pawan Gupta, 25, Vinay Sharma, 26, and Mukesh Singh, 32—were hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail at daybreak. Jahnavi Misra’s anthology of fictionalised stories, The Punished: Stories of Death-Row Prisoners in India, which is based on some of these recordings, is therefore a book that forces us …

ILS Webinar: Revisiting Jurisprudence On Capital Punishment In India [11th July]
4 years, 6 months ago

ILS Webinar: Revisiting Jurisprudence On Capital Punishment In India [11th July]

Live Law  

Indian Law Society's Law College, Criminal Law Cell is organizing a webinar on the "Revisiting Jurisprudence on Capital Punishment in India". The webinar aims to get insights on different aspects of the death penalty such as philosophies behind it, constitutionality, ground realities, and discussion on both abolition and retention of the death penalty in India. Day & Date: Saturday, 11th …

Death Penalty Sentencing in India's Trial Courts: Confusion in the Apex Court Wreaks Havoc in Courts Below
4 years, 8 months ago

Death Penalty Sentencing in India's Trial Courts: Confusion in the Apex Court Wreaks Havoc in Courts Below

Live Law  

Project 39A has released a report titled DeathPenalty Sentencing in Trial Courts: Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra containing findings from a study of all capital cases decided by trial courts of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra between 2000 and 2015. Contrary to the Constitution Bench decision in Bachan Singh which emphasised the relevance of mitigating factors in capital sentencing, trial …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Repeated delays in execution of convicts incentivises vigilante justice; erodes faith in India’s criminal justice system
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Repeated delays in execution of convicts incentivises vigilante justice; erodes faith in India’s criminal justice system

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 …

'Rape And Murder' Tops The List Of Cases Where Death Penalty Was Awarded In India : Project39 (NLU-D) Report
4 years, 11 months ago

'Rape And Murder' Tops The List Of Cases Where Death Penalty Was Awarded In India : Project39 (NLU-D) Report

Live Law  

As per the "Death Penalty Report in India: Annual Statistics" published by Project 39A of the National Law University, Delhi, 2019 was a significant year in terms of legal developments on capital punishment in India. Courts gave death penalty for murder involving sexual offences in 18% of the cases in 2016. Further, despite the drop in the total number of …

2007 Pune Gangrape And Murder: Inordinate Delay In Execution Of Death Sentence Unconstitutional Says Bombay HC, Commutes Death To Life [Read Judgment]
5 years, 5 months ago

2007 Pune Gangrape And Murder: Inordinate Delay In Execution Of Death Sentence Unconstitutional Says Bombay HC, Commutes Death To Life [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a significant decision, the Bombay High Court commuted death sentence awarded to two convicts to life imprisonment for 35 years life imprisonment in the 2007 gangrape and murder case of a BPO employee in Pune. "We find that delay in the present matters could have been easily avoided and the mercy petitions and the final execution could have been …

SC Acquits Six Men to Whom It Had Given Death Sentence in 2009
5 years, 10 months ago

SC Acquits Six Men to Whom It Had Given Death Sentence in 2009

The Quint  

The judgment of the court could have far-reaching consequences because it was a complete U-turn on the decision originally taken by the Supreme Court itself 10 years ago. The legal error made by Justice Pasayat in the 2009 decision had been made in six other cases, and there was a significant issue with contrasting death penalty decisions during his tenure …

Breaking: Death Row Prisoners Should Be Allowed To Meet Lawyers, Family Members,Mental Health Professionals: SC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 1 month ago

Breaking: Death Row Prisoners Should Be Allowed To Meet Lawyers, Family Members,Mental Health Professionals: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

“Prisoner can be said to be a prisoner on death row when his sentence is beyond judicial scrutiny and would be operative without any intervention from any other authority”The Supreme Court has observed that prisoners on death row should be allowed to have meetings and interviews with his lawyers or members of his immediate family or even mental health professionals.The …

Was He Insane? SC Calls For Report From State To Know How Death Convict Behaved In Jail Since His Arrest In 2012 Till Date [Read Order]
6 years, 1 month ago

Was He Insane? SC Calls For Report From State To Know How Death Convict Behaved In Jail Since His Arrest In 2012 Till Date [Read Order]

Live Law  

“Before we proceed further, we would like to find out as to how the petitioner has behaved after his arrest, in jail, during the intervening period i.e. from 2012 till date.”The Supreme Court has called for a report from the state about behavior shown by a death convict since his arrest till date.Santosh Maruti Mane was sentenced to death by …

Justice Muralidhar To Deliver Project 39A’s Inaugural Lecture On ‘Crime, Punishment & Justice in India’ [28th Sept; New Delhi]
6 years, 3 months ago

Justice Muralidhar To Deliver Project 39A’s Inaugural Lecture On ‘Crime, Punishment & Justice in India’ [28th Sept; New Delhi]

Live Law  

Project 39A at the National Law University Delhi will launch its annual criminal law lecture series on September 28, 2018. Justice Muralidhar will deliver the inaugural lecture on ‘Crime, Punishment and Justice in India: The Trajectories of Criminal Law’.Date: September 28 Venue: Nehru Memorial Museum & Library AuditoriumTime: 5:30 PM. Justice Muralidhar will deliver the inaugural lecture on ‘Crime, Punishment …

Experts Discuss the Death Penalty and the Judiciary's Role in India
7 years, 1 month ago

Experts Discuss the Death Penalty and the Judiciary's Role in India

Live Law  

The National Law University of Delhi (NLU-D) hosted an event to celebrate the release of the research compilation of the Centre on Death Penalty - 'Matters of Judgement'. The study, based on interviews with 60 former judges of the Supreme Court, sheds light on the complexities of the death penalty and the criminal justice system. It reveals that convicts often …

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