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Supreme Court Sets Aside Death Penalty In Boy's Sexual Assault, Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the death sentence imposed on a convict in a sexual assault and murder case of a four-year-old minor boy in 2016, and substituted it with a 25-year jail term without remission.
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"Delay In Death Sentence Execution Can Violate Convicts' Rights": Supreme Court
An inordinate delay in the execution of a death sentence has a dehumanising effect on the accused, the Supreme Court observed on Monday.
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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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Case Of Indian Nurse's Death Sentence With Yemeni President, Providing Assistance: Centre
Yemen's Supreme Court pronounced death sentence to an Indian nurse on charges of murdering a Yemeni national and the case is currently with the President of the ruling dispensation of Sana'a, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday.
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"Didn't Give False Ads, Ready For Death Sentence If Guilty": Patanjali
Yoga teacher Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved on Wednesday said it was not making any "false advertisements or propaganda" regarding its products, and said it would not object if the Supreme Court were to impose a fine or "even give us a death sentence" if found making misleading claims.
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Pervez Musharraf's Appeal Against Death Penalty In Court Months After His Death
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear an appeal by now-dead former military dictator Pervez Musharraf against the special court majority judgment that handed him a death sentence on treason charges in 2019.
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Death By Hanging Cruel? Supreme Court Asks Centre To Begin Discussion
The Centre should consider whether there can be a "less painful" alternative to death by hanging way of carrying out death sentences than hanging, the Supreme Court said today.
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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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Iran Rapper, Protester To Face Retrial On Death Over Anti-Hijab Protest
Iran's supreme court has ordered the retrial of two men, including a Kurdish rapper, who were reportedly sentenced to death over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said Saturday.
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Supreme Court Stays Death Penalty Given To Man For Killing Wife, Children
The Supreme Court stayed the execution of the death sentence given to a man convicted of killing his wife and children by an Allahabad High Court bench.
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2012 Rape-Murder Victim's Family To Appeal Against Acquittal Of All 3 Accused
On November 7, Supreme Court acquitted the three men who'd been sentenced to death, noting the prosecution failed to provide clinching evidence
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Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence To Terrorist In 2000 Red Fort Attack
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist seeking review of its verdict awarding death penalty to him in the sensational 2000 Red Fort attack case.
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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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Telephone Wire Carried 11kV Current? Supreme Court Says "Preposterous"
It sounds "completely preposterous" that a telephone wire carried 11KV current without melting on contact, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while setting aside the conviction of two persons who were sentenced in a case of causing death by negligence
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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 Sets Aside Death Penalty In Boy's Sexual Assault, Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the death sentence imposed on a convict in a sexual assault and murder case of a four-year-old minor boy in 2016, and substituted it with a 25-year jail term without remission.
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"Delay In Death Sentence Execution Can Violate Convicts' Rights": Supreme Court
An inordinate delay in the execution of a death sentence has a dehumanising effect on the accused, the Supreme Court observed on Monday.
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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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Case Of Indian Nurse's Death Sentence With Yemeni President, Providing Assistance: Centre
Yemen's Supreme Court pronounced death sentence to an Indian nurse on charges of murdering a Yemeni national and the case is currently with the President of the ruling dispensation of Sana'a, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday.
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"Didn't Give False Ads, Ready For Death Sentence If Guilty": Patanjali
Yoga teacher Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved on Wednesday said it was not making any "false advertisements or propaganda" regarding its products, and said it would not object if the Supreme Court were to impose a fine or "even give us a death sentence" if found making misleading claims.
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Pervez Musharraf's Appeal Against Death Penalty In Court Months After His Death
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear an appeal by now-dead former military dictator Pervez Musharraf against the special court majority judgment that handed him a death sentence on treason charges in 2019.
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Death By Hanging Cruel? Supreme Court Asks Centre To Begin Discussion
The Centre should consider whether there can be a "less painful" alternative to death by hanging way of carrying out death sentences than hanging, the Supreme Court said today.
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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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Iran Rapper, Protester To Face Retrial On Death Over Anti-Hijab Protest
Iran's supreme court has ordered the retrial of two men, including a Kurdish rapper, who were reportedly sentenced to death over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said Saturday.
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Supreme Court Stays Death Penalty Given To Man For Killing Wife, Children
The Supreme Court stayed the execution of the death sentence given to a man convicted of killing his wife and children by an Allahabad High Court bench.
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2012 Rape-Murder Victim's Family To Appeal Against Acquittal Of All 3 Accused
On November 7, Supreme Court acquitted the three men who'd been sentenced to death, noting the prosecution failed to provide clinching evidence
-
Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence To Terrorist In 2000 Red Fort Attack
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist seeking review of its verdict awarding death penalty to him in the sensational 2000 Red Fort attack case.
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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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Telephone Wire Carried 11kV Current? Supreme Court Says "Preposterous"
It sounds "completely preposterous" that a telephone wire carried 11KV current without melting on contact, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while setting aside the conviction of two persons who were sentenced in a case of causing death by negligence
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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.
