International News Update | New Hampshire abolishes death penalty; overrides governor’s veto
According to the media reports, New Hampshire in a recent development abolishes capital punishment in the State. “New Hampshire, which hasn’t executed
death penalty
Ker HC | No pre-meditation, no criminal antecedents – death penalty of man accused of rape and murder turned into life imprisonment
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and P. Somarajan, JJ. was hearing a death reference tagged along with a
Mandatory for Court to give death penalty on commission of offence of aggravated robbery
Supreme Court of Zambia: This appeal was filed before a 3-Judge Bench comprising of Hamaundu, Kajimanga and Chinyama, JJS., where trial court
Justice Kurian Joseph calls for review of need for death penalty; Deepak Gupta and Hemant Gupta, JJ. disagree: SC
“Society’s perspective is generally formed by the emotionally charged narratives, which need not necessarily be legally correct, properly informed or procedurally proper.”
“Death Penalty to be reserved for rarest of the rare cases”: Patna HC
Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Arvind Srivastava and Rakesh Kumar, JJ., upheld the judgment of the trial court and dismissed
Parliament| Bill highlighting the provision of “Death penalty to the convicts of child rapists” passed by Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha passed a bill seeking to replace Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance by placing a significant provision of death penalty to the
Mandatory Death Penalty in Barbados held Unconstitutional: CCJ
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): In the court of Sir Dennis Byron, President and Honourable Justice Saunders, Wit, Hayton, Anderson, Rajnauth-Lee and Barrow
‘Life imprisonment’ to be awarded when there is a prospect of rehabilitation and reformation, and ‘death penalty’ to be the last resort
Delhi High Court: The recent judgment passed by a bench comprising of S. Muralidhar and I. S. Mehta,JJ., held that ‘life imprisonment’
Nirbhaya Case: Death penalty for the 4 accused upheld
Supreme Court: Almost after 5 years of the commission of the horrendous crime that shook not only the nation but the world,
Man, guilty of burning his pregnant wife and 3-year-old son, not to face death penalty
Supreme Court: In the case where death penalty was sought for a man who allegedly set his 7-month pregnant wife on fire
Defendants must be allowed to tell jurors in death penalty cases if they are ineligible for parole
Supreme Court of United States: The Court by a majority of 6:2 reversed the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court where the
Racial Bias in Jury selection for death penalty case was committed by the State prosecutors
Supreme Court of United States: Ruling that prosecutors in Georgia violated the Constitution by striking every black prospective juror in a death penalty
Yakub Memon’s plea against the curative petition and issuance of death warrant, dismissed
Supreme Court: In the wake of the divergent views expressed earlier by the Division Bench of A.R. Dave and Kurian Joseph, JJ.,
Death penalty to the accused confirmed for raping and killing a 13 year old girl
Bombay High Court: In a recent judgment, a bench comprising of VK Tahilramani and IK Jain, JJ has confirmed the death penalty
Mere prior incidence of psychiatric treatment not enough to prove legal insanity
Bombay High Court: Rejecting the plea of insanity, a division bench comprising of VM Kanade and PD Kode, JJ confirmed death penalty