"Took Oath To Uphold Law, Law Prescribes Death Penalty": Chief Justice-Designate SA Bobde

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Justice SA Bobde, who will take over as the country's top judge in November, today said that he has no objection to the death penalty so long as the law provides for it. "Judges take an oath to uphold the law. The law provides for the death penalty today, and its constitutional validity has been upheld. It is in the statute book," he told NDTV in an exclusive interview that covered various facets of the judiciary's functioning.

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