{"id":58150,"date":"2019-11-28T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T08:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58150"},"modified":"2019-11-28T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T08:50:48","slug":"the-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-pil-seeking-consecutive-jail-terms-in-cases-of-corruption-and-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/the-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-pil-seeking-consecutive-jail-terms-in-cases-of-corruption-and-terrorism","title":{"rendered":"The Supreme Court agrees to hear PIL seeking consecutive jail terms in cases of corruption and terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mizoram-court-sentences-myanmarese-man-to-life-imprisonment-till-death-for-killing-wife\/life-imprisonment-till-death\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"284,177\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"life imprisonment till death\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58057\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?resize=284%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?w=284&amp;ssl=1 284w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/life-imprisonment-till-death.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear after four weeks the PIL seeking various jail terms awarded to a convict under special laws on corruption and terrorism to run consecutively, as in countries like the US, and not concurrently.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde considered the submissions by lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay that the plea needed an urgent hearing as the apex court had issued the notice to the Centre way back in March this year.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the pleadings such as filing of responses by the Centre to the petition has already been completed and it be now listed for hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let the matter be listed after four weeks,&#8221; said the bench, which also comprised justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant.<\/p>\n<p>The plea had said that the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) provision, which provides that a convict can serve varying jail terms simultaneously for several offences, should not be made applicable to the convicts in heinous cases.<\/p>\n<p>Section 31 of the CrPC should not apply to special laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA), the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), the Black Money and Imposition of Tax Act, and Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, the PIL said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear after four weeks the PIL seeking various jail terms awarded to a convict under special laws on corruption and terrorism to run consecutively, as in countries like the US, and not concurrently. 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