Right to life does not end with confirmation of death sentence for death row convicts: SC
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 to dignity also extends to the death row convicts. The court said the Sessions Judge of Amroha issued the warrants for execution of death sentence on May 21 “in haste”, just six days after confirmation of conviction and capital punishment, without waiting for mandatory 30 days to allow the convicts to avail judicial remedy of filing petitions for a review of the May 15 judgement. “We find that the death warrant was signed by the Sessions Judge in haste without waiting for the convicts to exhaust the available legal remedies,” a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and U U Lait said while noting that there were judgements of both the apex court and the Allahabad High Court which mandated the authorities to follow certain guidelines to protect the “dignity” of the convicts.
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