Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:06
The central government will challenge the Supreme Court`s recent ruling in which it said that inexplicable, inordinate delays in deciding mercy pleas of death row convicts can be sufficient grounds for commutation of death sentence to life.
Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 11:20
Taking cue from the Supreme Court`s recent decision to commute sentences of 15 death row convicts on the grounds of inordinate delay in their execution, 1993 Delhi blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar has moved the apex court seeking commutation of his death penalty to life term.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 22:25
Supreme Court`s decision to commute the death sentences of 15 convicts was a positive step for human rights in India, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:58
Human rights group People`s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court`s judgment commuting the death sentence of 15 convicts to life imprisonment.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 15:59
The Supreme Court verdict commuting death penalty of 15 convicts has given hope that the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case could get similar relief, MDMK leader Vaiko said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 11:28
In an landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that inexplicable, inordinate delay in deciding on mercy plea of a death row convict is sufficient ground for commutation of death sentence to life.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 13:39
Two death row inmates have been executed in Florida and Texas, the states that hold the record this year for executions in the United States, penal authorities said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 15:21
A protest demonstration was held in front of the UAE embassy here in support of an Indian man allegedly wrongly imprisoned and sentenced to death for rape in Abu Dhabi.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 11:44
Death row inmate Ronald Phillips` lawyers say in a letter to the Ohio prisons agency that Phillips would also be willing to donate organs to other individuals.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 19:59
The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced hearing on a batch of petitions filed by condemned prisoners seeking commutation of their death sentence into life imprisonment on account of delay in carrying out the execution following dismissal of their mercy petitions by the President.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 19:36
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a plea filed by jailed former Youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma challenging his conviction and death sentence in the 1995 Naina Sahni murder case.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 19:43
The execution of death sentence of a man Friday in a rape-cum-murder case of a minor was stayed on Thursday by the Supreme Court which agreed to hear the appeal against his conviction.
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