Justice Dipankar Datta of the Supreme Court has orally questioned the Court’s practice on death penalty commutations, remarking in a remission matter that the Court’s forgiving nature has to come to an end somewhere. New Delhi: Hearing a remission matter involving a convict in a murder case on Thursday (October 8), Justice Dipankar Datta of […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the conviction of a Ludhiana woman for abducting and murdering her neighbour’s granddaughter, aged under three, by burying her alive, but commuted her death sentence to 30 years’ rigorous imprisonment without remission, holding that she cannot be said to be beyond reform.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has today (20th Jan) stated that it will either wait for the Union Government to take a decision or will proceed to decide on the merits of a mercy petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana. This petition seeks to reduce his death sentence to life imprisonment. The petition has been pending before the President of India since 2012.
