NEW DELHI: Today (28th Jan): The Supreme Court of India has acquitted Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap, a man who was on death row since 2015 for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old techie, Esther Anuhya, in 2014.
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.
The Bombay High Court will expedite the long-pending appeals of the 7/11 Mumbai train blast convicts, aiming for a six-month daily hearing. The bombings in 2006 resulted in 189 deaths and over 800 injuries. Delays in the legal process have left the convicts in uncertainty, with repeated transfers of the case to different benches.
