Centre to challenge SC ruling on commuting death sentences on grounds of delay

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.

Kalani, 3 others get life sentence in 23-yr-old murder case

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 14:10

Former Ulhasnagar MLA Suresh alias Pappu Kalani and three others were today awarded life imprisonment by a Sessions Court here in a 23-year-old murder case.

HC upholds life term to husband, two others for killing wife

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 00:32

The Bombay High Court has upheld the life term awarded to a 27-year-old businessman, Parvez Sheikh, for killing his wife by giving her poison with the help of his family members.

Chinese court upholds life sentence for Bo Xilai

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 09:16

A court in eastern China rejected an appeal by ousted senior politician Bo Xilai on Friday and upheld his life sentence on charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of power, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Verdict on Bo Xilai`s appeal on Friday

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 17:56

A Chinese high court will on Friday give its verdict on disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai`s appeal against the life sentence given to him last month on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.

Bo Xilai calls life sentence as `unfair`, `unjust`

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:22

Fallen Chinese leader Bo Xilai reacted angrily, shouting "unfair" and "unjust", when a Chinese court gave him a life sentence in a corruption case before he was forcibly taken out of the courtroom.

2010 Mangalore gang-rape: Two get life sentence

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 22:34

A local court on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to two persons for gangraping a minor girl at a railway station here in 2010.

Life sentence to 29-yr-old doctor who raped patient in ICU

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 17:30

The Bombay High Court on Saturday confirmed the life sentence awarded to a 29-year-old doctor who was convicted for raping a patient in an Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital in neighbouring Thane this year.

Life sentence to man for wife`s murder upheld by Bombay HC

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 14:57

The Bombay High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to a 30-year-old man for murdering his wife by throwing acid on her over a property dispute after observing that there was clinching evidence against him.

US man set for execution found hanged in cell

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 21:26

A convicted killer facing execution Wednesday has been found hanged in his cell on Ohio`s death row.

Elderly man gets life sentence for killing daughter-in-law in Tamil Nadu

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 20:06

A 70-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for murdering his widowed daughter-in-law over property dispute and disposing of her body by burning after chopping it into pieces last year.

HC junks insanity plea of man who killed his wife

Last Updated: Saturday, June 22, 2013, 17:38

The Bombay High Court has confirmed life sentence awarded to an unemployed man by a lower court for axing his wife to death while rejecting the defence plea that he was insane when he committed the crime.