Death sentence

It is the only form of punishment where human subjectivity and human error can never be atoned for read more

Officials said that this follows close on the heels of the virtual eradication of a 35-year-old “black list” that prevented 312 members of the Sikh community holding foreign passports from travelling to India due to their alleged role during the militant... read more

Also, to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi so far 1424 prisoners have been released by states and Union Territories in 2 phases (2nd Oct 2018 & 6th April 2019). Third phase of release is due on 2nd Oct 2019. read more

Rajasthan POSCO courts award death and life sentences to two convicts in separate cases involving minors. read more

The death sentence is 4th such ruling in the last two months under the POCSO Amendment Act in Odisha which has the provision of capital punishment in rape cases involving girls under 12 years of age. read more

India’s challenge now is in getting Pakistan to review his conviction and sentence. read more

Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested by Pakistani security agencies in Balochistan on March 3, 2016, and charged with involvement in spying and subversive activities. read more

Tripura man was given a death sentence and two life sentences for raping and murdering a minor in North Tripura read more

The bench also acquitted his purported accomplice Azad Mehrunddula Ansari, 28, for want of satisfactory evidence. read more

A response from the Pakistani side to the Indian response is awaited, sources said. The Pakistani side had proposed that consular access could be granted at 3 pm on Friday. read more

Justices RF Nariman and Surya Kant confirmed Manoharan’s death sentence while justice Sanjiv Khanna dissented saying the case did not fall under the rarest of the rare category to warrant capital punishment. read more

A Justice BP Dharmadhikari-led division bench sentenced the convicts, Purushottam Borate, 38, and Pradeep Kokade, 30, to 35 years in prison, which will include period already undergone. read more

On July 17, the UN’s main court ruled Pakistan had violated Jadhav’s rights to consular access and called for a review of the death sentence given to him by a military court at an appropriate forum of Islamabad’s choice. read more

“Pakistan lost conclusively before the ICJ,” the senior BJP leader wrote in a blog. “Its farcical processes through which innocent are held guilty, stand exposed.” read more

Making a statement in Rajya Sabha, he said the verdict of the International Court of Justice is not only a vindication for Jadhav but also for all those who believe in the rule of law. read more