Top Law News The Supreme Court seeks reply of 10 states on rights violation of death row convicts April 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has sought response from Director General of Police (Prisons) of ten states on the issue of alleged violation of human rights of prisoners awarded death sentence. The DGPs (Prisons) have been also asked to reply on the issue of solitary confinement, legal representation, visitation rights of prisoners’ families and psychiatric consultation of […] Read more » death row convicts Director General of Police featured Justice Deepak Gupta justice M B Lokur Prisons rights violation of death row convicts SC seeks reply of 10 states SC seeks reply of 10 states on
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Death row convicts can be heard in open courts: SC September 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the review plea of a death convict against his conviction and sentence be heard in an open court by at least a three-judge bench and allowed all condemned prisoners, whose review pleas have already been decided, to approach it within a month for re-opening of their cases. In […] Read more » 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon Chief Justice R M Lodha favoured open court hearing death row convicts Justice J. Chelameswar Mohammed Arif
Top Law News SC commences hearing on States”” power on remission July 24, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced the crucial hearing to examine the power of the Union and States to grant remission for releasing convicts whose death sentences are commuted to life term with the Centre asserting that the rights of the victims cannot be overlooked. The issue of remission reached the apex court after the […] Read more » commutation of death sentence Constitution Bench hearing death row convicts news Rajiv Gandhi assassination case remission power of States todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Apex court relief to death row convicts welcomed January 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment 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. The PUCL said it was a historic judgment as it has held that – apart from delay – the mental health condition of the convict, including schizophrenia and mental illness, […] Read more » death row death row convicts People's Union for Civil Liberties PUCL PUCL president Prabhakar Sinha Rajiv Gandhi assassins Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi gang-rape convicts to be produced in HC September 23, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday issued production warrants for Tuesday to four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case on the trial court’s reference for confirmation of the capital punishment given to them. A bench of justices Reva Khetrapal and Pratibha Rani directed Tihar Jail authorities to produce Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur […] Read more » death row convicts Delhi gangrape case Delhi High Court national news news production warrant todays news todays top news Top news
