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death row convict news

SC asks Centre if death row convicts can pick execution method

The Union government had in an earlier affidavit maintained that hanging remained the “safest and quickest” method of execution.
india news
Updated on Oct 16, 2025 07:49 am IST

CM assassination: Why Rajoana not hanged till now, SC asks after Centre says serious offence

CM assassination: Why Rajoana not hanged till now, SC asks after Centre says serious offence
india news
Published on Sept 24, 2025 03:46 pm IST

SC agrees to reexamine case of death row convict

SC agrees to reexamine case of death row convict
india news
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 08:41 am IST

‘In touch with friendly governments’: MEA on Nimisha Priya case

Randhir Jaiswal’s remarks come days after the Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that efforts to secure a pardon for Nimisha Priya should be undertaken solely by her family
india news
Updated on Jul 23, 2025 05:03 am IST

Will seek community’s consensus on withdrawing Rajoana’s mercy plea: SGPC

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami during a meeting in Amritsar on Monday. (HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Published on May 06, 2025 08:32 am IST

SGPC delegation meets Rajoana, slams Centre for delay in mercy plea decision

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, comes out of the Patiala Central Jail after meeting with convict Balwant Singh Rajoana on Friday. (ANI)
chandigarh news
Published on May 03, 2025 09:18 am IST

US President Joe Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

Joe Biden's move comes ahead of US Presidenti-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2025.
world news
Published on Dec 23, 2024 04:04 pm IST

Death row convict Rajoana calls for Sikh unity to fight ‘conspiracy’

Balwant Singh Rajoana (centre), a death row convict in the Beant Singh assassination case, attending the prayer meet of his brother, Kulwant Singh, at a gurdwara in Ludhiana on Wednesday. The high court granted him a three-hour parole to attend the ceremony. (HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Published on Nov 20, 2024 04:31 pm IST

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea

Balwant Singh Rajoana is convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. A special court sentenced Rajoana to death in July 2007. (HT file photo)
chandigarh news
Published on Nov 18, 2024 03:21 pm IST

Balwant Singh Rajoana shoots off letter to home minister Amit Shah

Balwant Singh Rajoana
chandigarh news
Updated on Jan 03, 2024 09:04 am IST

SAD leaders stopped from meeting Rajoana: SGPC chief slams ‘autocratic attitude’ of govt

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami (HT file)
chandigarh news
Updated on Dec 05, 2023 08:38 am IST

SAD leaders Majithia, Valtoha not allowed to meet Rajoana in Patiala jail

Former Punjab minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikramjit Singh Majithia leaves after he was barred from meeting Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the 1995 assassination of former chief minister Beant Singh, at Central Jail in Patiala on Monday. (ANI)
chandigarh news
Updated on Dec 05, 2023 08:28 am IST

Executive meeting: Won’t withdraw Rajoana mercy petition, says SGPC

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami (C) addresses a press conference in Amritsar on Sunday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
chandigarh news
Updated on Dec 04, 2023 06:34 am IST

SGPC executive meet: Take quick decision on Rajoana plea: SGPC to Centre

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami (C) addressing a press conference in Amritsar on Thursday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
chandigarh news
Updated on Dec 01, 2023 06:24 am IST

SGPC chief meets Rajoana amid hunger strike threat

The meeting comes in the backdrop of Rajoana’s threat to go on a hunger strike if his mercy petition, which was filed by the SGPC in March 2012, is not withdrawn. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 08:24 am IST

Kerala nurse on death row: Yemeni family agrees to accept compensation

Nimisha Priya is from Palakkad district in Kerala. (File)
india news
Updated on Apr 23, 2022 06:46 am IST

Supreme Court commutes death sentence to allow rape convict’s reformation

Taking into consideration the brutal nature of the crime, the Supreme Court bench was open to the convict’s death sentence being commuted to a life sentence. (ANI)
india news
Updated on Apr 21, 2022 01:11 am IST

'I love my mother': Shabnam's son to President to commute her death sentence

Shabnam and Saleem were arrested within days of the murders and were sentenced to death by the trial court in 2010, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2015.
india news
Published on Feb 19, 2021 09:21 am IST

SC to examine Centre’s plea on victim-centric guidelines but draws a line

The Central government wants the Supreme Court to examine victim-centric guidelines that would ensure death row convicts cannot endlessly put off execution of the sentence.
india news
Updated on Jan 31, 2020 01:31 pm IST

Will die like beasts, says hangman tasked to execute Delhi rape convicts

Five people were convicted. One, a minor, was found guilty and spent three years in a juvenile detention centre.
india news
Updated on Jan 24, 2020 07:13 pm IST

‘Not only rights of accused’: Supreme Court on delay in hanging death row convicts

A view of the Supreme Court
india news
Updated on Jan 23, 2020 03:27 pm IST

Black warrant: What Delhi Prison Rules say on executing death row convicts

Representative photo
delhi news
Updated on Aug 21, 2020 10:26 pm IST

Rape-murder of techie: HC stays execution of two death row convicts

A division bench on Friday was informed by the convicts’ counsel, Yug Chaudhry, that the Centre has declined to hand over four documents pertaining to recommendations made by officers in the home ministry after which a report was sent to the president.
india news
Published on Jun 21, 2019 11:17 pm IST

SC reserves order on review plea of 2 death row convicts in Dec 16 gangrape case

Activists demand the death sentence for rapists following a slew of incidents of women being sexually assaulted.
india news
Updated on May 04, 2018 07:42 pm IST

SC seeks reply of 10 states on rights violation of death row convicts

The Supreme Court is hearing a matter relating to inhuman conditions prevailing in 1,382 prisons across the country.
india news
Updated on Apr 01, 2018 11:03 am IST
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