31 March 2014 The Supreme Court on Monday commuted the death sentence awarded to Devendra Pal Singh Bhullar in the '1993 Delhi bomb blast case' into life imprisonment applying the principle that inordinate and unexplained…
HC quashes one death sentence, commutes other
Statesman News Service CUTTACK, Jan. 27. — The Orissa High Court has squashed the death sentence awarded to a man for allegedly killing his wife and children in cold blood. The High Court has ordered…
Death penalty in rare cases only: SC
The Hindu 21 / 01 / 06 NEW DELHI: The death penalty should be awarded in only the rarest of rare cases, the Supreme Court has said, while asking the judiciary to consider aggravating and…
SC for death in
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 19: The Supreme Court said today that the death sentence must be awarded in extreme cases like ‘‘bride burning’’, ‘‘dowry death’’ and ‘‘in cases of crime of enormous proportion’’ and set five…
Rapist sentenced to death
deepikaglobal / January 14 2008 / UNI /// Mumbai, Jan 13 : A fast-track court here has sentenced a man to death after convicting him of raping and killing a minor girl in 2004. Judge…
Achuthanandan's stand on death sentence lauded
KANNUR: The Anti-Death Sentence Samiti has lauded Leader of the Opposition V.S. Achuthanandan's demand to adopt a resolution against capital punishment in the next Assembly session. He had sent a letter to the Assembly Speaker…