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Relief for second Indian-Malaysian condemned to death by Singapore
- Datchinamurthy Kataiah, 36, was scheduled to be hanged Friday, just two days after the execution of a Malaysian man that sparked an international outcry because he was believed to be mentally disabled.

Supreme Court opens review into death penalty process
A bench, headed by justice Uday U Lalit, sought the assistance of attorney general KK Venugopal in the case registered suo motu in the wake of various issues arising out of non-enforcement of the court’s landmark ruling on death sentence cases issued more than four decades ago in the Bachan Singh case.

SC considers key directives for trial courts and HCs in death penalty
The bench was hearing an appeal in a death sentence case from Madhya Pradesh.

SC enforces a landmark ruling on death penalty
A bench headed by Justice Uday U Lalit has made psychological evaluation of the condemned prisoner mandatory, as well as a report on the inmate’s conduct at the time of examining whether the gallows remains the only fitting punishment.

Supreme Court exonerates three given death penalty
A bench comprising justices L Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna said that the prosecution failed to bring home the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt
