High Profile Cases Death Sentence Can Be Imposed Only When Life Imprisonment Appears To Be An Altogether Inappropriate Punishment: Supreme Court March 13, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “We are not convinced that the probability of reform of the accused/appellant is low, in the absence of prior offending history and keeping in mind his overall conduct. ” While commuting death sentence awarded to a man convicted for rape and murder of a five year old girl, the Supreme Court observed that death sentence […] Read more » death sentence Justice Indira Banerjee Justice Mohan M. Shanthanagoudar Justice NV Ramana Life Imprisonment Inappropriate Punishment Supreme Court
Top Law News Uttrakhand HC for death sentence to those who rape minors January 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Uttarakhand High Court has suggested that the state government bring in a law which imposes death penalty for raping minors, so that it acts as a strong deterrent against such offences. A division bench of justices Rajiv Sharma and Alok Singh yesterday made the observation, while upholding the death sentence of a man, who […] Read more » death sentence death sentence to those who rape minors featured Justice Alok Singh Justice Rajiv Sharma minor rapist death sentence Uttarakhand High Court Uttrakhand HC
Criminal Law News Top Law News Capital punishment for man for killing wife and four daughters. November 5, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man has been sentenced to death by a local court here for killing his wife and four daughters so that he could marry another woman in his neighbourhood. District and Sessions Judge Rajbeer Singh sentenced Ramanand to death yesterday and also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convict. According to district government […] Read more » capital punishment Capital punishment for killing four daughters Capital punishment for man for killing wife death sentence Death sentence for killing District and Sessions Judge Rajbeer Singh featured
Criminal Law News Court awards death sentence to man in rape and murder case April 12, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment A 47-year old man was on Tuesday awarded death sentence by a Giridih court for raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl in 2011. Giridih District and Additional Sessions Court Judge Sunil Kumar found Mathura Yadav guilty of the crime that took place at Badidih village. The court also awarded a two-year rigorous prison term to […] Read more » Court Criminal news death sentence featured Law murder case rape case
Criminal Law News Death sentence to husband for murdering wife June 12, 2015 / June 12, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man was today awarded death sentence for mudering his wife and their maid at their residence in the city about five years ago by hiring a contract killer. The contract killer Somnath Tanti was awarded life imprisonment by the Alipore Judges Court. Judge Siddhartha Kanjilal, delivering the judgement, said it was a rarest of […] Read more » death sentence Death sentence to husband featured Judge Siddhartha Kanjilal murdering wife
Criminal Law News HC confirms death sentence given to 25-yr-old girl September 30, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madhya Pradesh High Court today confirmed the death sentence awarded to three people, including a 25-year-old girl, in a triple murder case. Public Prosecutor Raghvendra Singh Bais told reporters that the sessions court had awarded capital punishment to Neha Verma (25), Manoj Atod (32) and Rahul Chowdhary (22) on December 13, last year, terming […] Read more » death sentence Public Prosecutor Raghvendra Singh Bais triple murder case
Top Law News Sisters awaiting execution for mass murder move HC August 20, 2014 / August 20, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two sisters from Kolhapur whose mercy petitions against capital punishment were rejected by the President recently, on Tuesday moved the Bombay High Court praying their death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. The sisters–Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit–have, in their petition, contended that the President had taken more than five years to decide their mercy […] Read more » death sentence Kolhapur Kolhapur Sisters mass murders news Renuka Shinde Seema Gavit todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Amnesty welcomes SC death row decision January 23, 2014 / January 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The 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. Amnesty in a statement termed the apex court’s decision “historic” and also welcomed the setting down of guidelines to safeguard the rights of prisoners on death row and their families. […] Read more » Amnesty Amnesty International death row decision death sentence Human Rights news Supreme Court todays news todays top news Top news
Top Law News Those who attack women should be brought to justice: UN September 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment As four convicts in the Dec 16 gang-rape of a young woman were Friday sentenced to death, the UN said though it was against capital punishment, perpetrators of crimes against women should be brought to justice. “While the UN does not support capital punishment, perpetrators of crimes against women must be brought to justice,” Rebecca […] Read more » death sentence December 16 gangrape case Delhi gangrape case fight against rape national news news Rebecca Reichmann Tavares todays news todays top news Top news UN Women’s Office for India victim's parents
Top Law News Death for all four in Dec 16 gang rape September 13, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Death for all four in Dec 16 gang rape Four convicts in the December 16 gangrape-cum-murder case were on Friday awarded death penalty by a Delhi court which said the gravity of the offence cannot be tolerated. “Death to all,” Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna said while delivering the verdict in the case that had evoked nationwide outrage and led the government to bring […] Read more » death sentence December 16 gangrape case Delhi gangrape case four accused national news news todays news todays top news Top news
Criminal Law News Bhullar’s wife moves SC for stay on execution of death penalty May 7, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: 1993 Delhi blast convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s wife on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking stay on execution of his death sentence till her review plea against its verdict is decided. She submitted in her plea that she has filed a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict of April 12 in which the court had rejected […] Read more » death penalty death sentence death sentence to life imprisonment Delhi high court in 2002 Devinderpal Singh Bhullar Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's wife Khalistan Liberation Force President Pratibha Patil Supreme Court Youth Congress president M S Bitta
Top Law News Rejection of Das’s plea by ex-Pres Patil illegal:SC May 3, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a first of its kind verdict, the Supreme Court has declared as “illegal” rejection of mercy petition of death row convict M N Das by the then President Pratibha Patil and commuted the sentence to life imprisonment on ground of 12 year delay in deciding his plea. The apex court said that Patil was […] Read more » APJ Abdul Kalam death sentence Gauhati High Court in 1998 High Court Home Minister illegal rejection of mercy petition of death life imprisonment M N Das Mercy plea mercy plea on government’s recommendation President Pratibha Patil Rejection of Das's plea Supreme Court in 1999
