{"id":30872,"date":"2013-11-18T14:53:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T09:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30872"},"modified":"2013-11-18T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T09:23:24","slug":"sc-notice-commuting-death-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-notice-commuting-death-sentence","title":{"rendered":"SC notice on commuting death sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the centre and the home ministry on a petition challenging former president Pratibha Patil&#8217;s decision commuting the death sentence of five people convicted of child rape to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10459\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/castration-as-punishment-for-rape\/rape-victim\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?fit=231%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"231,218\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rape victim\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?fit=150%2C141&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?fit=231%2C218&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10459\" alt=\"rape victim\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?resize=231%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"231\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?w=231&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/05\/rape-victim.jpg?resize=150%2C141&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Senior counsel S Naphade, appearing for petitioner Pinki Virani, told an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. 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