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Supreme Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Guilty Of Killing Daughter
The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty of a man, who murdered his pregnant daughter for performing an inter-caste marriage against her family's will and sentenced him to 20 years in jail instead.
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Beant Singh Assassination Case: Supreme Court Upholds Convict's Death Penalty
The Supreme Court today declined to commute the death penalty of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment.
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Gujarat Seeks Death Penalty For 11 Godhra Train Burning Convicts
The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will press for the death penalty to 11 convicts whose sentences in the 2002 Godhra train burning case were commuted to life imprisonment by the state's high court.
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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Rape, Murder Convict
The Supreme Court Friday commuted the death sentence awarded to a man for the rape and murder of a widow in 1998, noting he was in solitary confinement in jail for about 10 years.
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Supreme Court Modifies Sentence In Rape, Murder Case To 20-Year Jail
The Supreme Court on Friday modified its earlier verdict commuting the death sentence of a man who had sexually assaulted and killed a four-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh in April 2013, and said he would now be released after serving 20 years jail.
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"Abhorrent" Crime Not Sole Criterion For Death Sentence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Wednesday commuted the death sentence, awarded to a man for raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl, to life imprisonment saying it cannot be said that there is no probability of the convict being reformed and rehabilitated.
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Supreme Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old
The Supreme Court has commuted the death penalty of a man convicted for raping and killing a three-year-old girl in 2016 and considered the possibility of his reformation and rehabilitation.
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Top Court Questions Centre Over Delay In Ex-Punjab Chief Minister's Killer Case
The Supreme Court Friday questioned the Centre over delay in sending proposal to the President for commuting the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
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Top Court Commutes Man's Death Sentence For Rape-Murder To Life Term
The Supreme Court has commuted to life term the death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a two-and-a-half-year old girl in 2013 in Maharashtra.
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Should Convict Be Spared Death For Good Behaviour? Supreme Court's Reply
The Supreme Court today spoke out against the possibility of sparing death row convicts the capital punishment on grounds of good behaviour, saying that such a move "would open the floodgates" to similar petitions.
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Beant Singh's Family To Approach Top Court For Terrorist's Death Sentence
The family of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, who was killed by a terrorist, will challenge in the Supreme Court the centre's decision to commute Balwant Singh Rajoana's death sentence, the leader's grandson said on Tuesday.
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Madhya Pradesh Man's Death Sentence Commuted Over Mercy Plea Delay
The Supreme Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered his wife and five children after rapping the Madhya Pradesh government for it "unexplained" delay of four years in forwarding his mercy petition to the centre, leading to almost five years in deciding it.
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German Bakery Blast: Top Court Admits Appeals Against High Court Order
The Supreme Court today admitted for hearing a Maharashtra government appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order commuting death sentence of Mirza Himayat Baig, the lone convict in the 2010 Pune German Bakery blast.
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Supreme Court Made 'Serious Mistakes' In Soumya Murder Case: Markandey Katju
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today said the top court had made some "serious mistakes" in the Soumya case by commuting the death sentence of the accused to life, and attributed it to "judges not being able to give much time to cases due to heavy workload of pending cases".
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Kerala To File Review Plea This Week Against Soumya Verdict
Kerala government will file a review petition this week against the recent Supreme Court verdict commuting the death sentence of the convict Govindachami in the controversial Soumya case, State Law Minister AK Balan today said.
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Supreme Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Guilty Of Killing Daughter
The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty of a man, who murdered his pregnant daughter for performing an inter-caste marriage against her family's will and sentenced him to 20 years in jail instead.
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Beant Singh Assassination Case: Supreme Court Upholds Convict's Death Penalty
The Supreme Court today declined to commute the death penalty of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment.
-
Gujarat Seeks Death Penalty For 11 Godhra Train Burning Convicts
The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will press for the death penalty to 11 convicts whose sentences in the 2002 Godhra train burning case were commuted to life imprisonment by the state's high court.
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Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Rape, Murder Convict
The Supreme Court Friday commuted the death sentence awarded to a man for the rape and murder of a widow in 1998, noting he was in solitary confinement in jail for about 10 years.
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Supreme Court Modifies Sentence In Rape, Murder Case To 20-Year Jail
The Supreme Court on Friday modified its earlier verdict commuting the death sentence of a man who had sexually assaulted and killed a four-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh in April 2013, and said he would now be released after serving 20 years jail.
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"Abhorrent" Crime Not Sole Criterion For Death Sentence: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Wednesday commuted the death sentence, awarded to a man for raping and murdering a seven-year-old girl, to life imprisonment saying it cannot be said that there is no probability of the convict being reformed and rehabilitated.
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Supreme Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Convicted For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old
The Supreme Court has commuted the death penalty of a man convicted for raping and killing a three-year-old girl in 2016 and considered the possibility of his reformation and rehabilitation.
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Top Court Questions Centre Over Delay In Ex-Punjab Chief Minister's Killer Case
The Supreme Court Friday questioned the Centre over delay in sending proposal to the President for commuting the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
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Top Court Commutes Man's Death Sentence For Rape-Murder To Life Term
The Supreme Court has commuted to life term the death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a two-and-a-half-year old girl in 2013 in Maharashtra.
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Should Convict Be Spared Death For Good Behaviour? Supreme Court's Reply
The Supreme Court today spoke out against the possibility of sparing death row convicts the capital punishment on grounds of good behaviour, saying that such a move "would open the floodgates" to similar petitions.
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Beant Singh's Family To Approach Top Court For Terrorist's Death Sentence
The family of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, who was killed by a terrorist, will challenge in the Supreme Court the centre's decision to commute Balwant Singh Rajoana's death sentence, the leader's grandson said on Tuesday.
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Madhya Pradesh Man's Death Sentence Commuted Over Mercy Plea Delay
The Supreme Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered his wife and five children after rapping the Madhya Pradesh government for it "unexplained" delay of four years in forwarding his mercy petition to the centre, leading to almost five years in deciding it.
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German Bakery Blast: Top Court Admits Appeals Against High Court Order
The Supreme Court today admitted for hearing a Maharashtra government appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order commuting death sentence of Mirza Himayat Baig, the lone convict in the 2010 Pune German Bakery blast.
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Supreme Court Made 'Serious Mistakes' In Soumya Murder Case: Markandey Katju
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju today said the top court had made some "serious mistakes" in the Soumya case by commuting the death sentence of the accused to life, and attributed it to "judges not being able to give much time to cases due to heavy workload of pending cases".
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Kerala To File Review Plea This Week Against Soumya Verdict
Kerala government will file a review petition this week against the recent Supreme Court verdict commuting the death sentence of the convict Govindachami in the controversial Soumya case, State Law Minister AK Balan today said.
