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JJ Rules 2007| Where Exact Assessment Of Age Not Possible, Reduction Of 1 Year Can Be Given: Supreme Court Accepts Juvenility Plea In 95 Murder Case

The Supreme Court recently reviewed and accepted the plea of juvenility by a convict after 27 years in an assault and murder case that took place in 1995. The Court held that even if the medical report which shows the age of the appellant as 19 years is taken to be correct, even then, in a case where an exact …

Almost 4 Decades On, 55-year-old to be Punished by Juvenile Court for 1981 Murder

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A six-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana dismissed the plea, saying ’no case is made out' New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the curative petition filed by Pawan Gupta, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, against the dismissal of his juvenility claim. A six-judge bench headed by Justice NV …

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of juvenility raised by Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case.A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and AS Bopanna held that the same claim was earlier rejected by the Court after due consideration.The bench held that Delhi High Court had rightly …

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed plea of one of the four convicts facing the gallows in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence in December, 2012. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait also imposed cost of Rs 25000 on the convict's advocate A P Singh, who did not appear in …

Juvenility Claim After President's Mercy: Uttarakhand HC Dismisses Triple Murder Convict's Plea [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed a 'Juvenility' plea of a triple murder convict whose death sentence affirmed by the Apex Court was later modified to life imprisonment by the President of India.Om Prakash @ Nazrul @ Raju Dass @ Raju Chaudhary @ Saiful Islam was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of triple murder. The Uttarakhand High Court …