Don’t hang the convicts hurriedly and secretly, says Supreme Court
Supreme Court on in its recent judgment said that the execution of death sentence cannot be carried out in a hurried and secret manner. A bench of justices AK Sikri…
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Supreme Court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment
A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra, R F Nariman and U U Lalit said that, “Though no time limit can be fixed within which the mercy petition ought to be…
Supreme Court gives 2nd thought on death penalty
Mahima Gherani Showing increasing distress in awarding death penalty, the Supreme Court found two main questions bothering it after Sonu Sardar was awarded death penalty by the trial court, which…
Guidelines on Death Sentence & Mercy Petition
Ipsita Mishra The Supreme Court, while deciding three recent cases, held that seven of its judgments awarding the death sentence were rendered per and contrary to the binding dictum of…