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Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Joymalya Bagchi and Suvra Ghosh, JJ. upheld the conviction of the appellants for the commission

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As reported by media, A Three-Judge Bench of the Lahore High Court has pronounced the death penalty for General Pervez Musharraf in

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Malaysia Court of Appeal: A Full Bench of Kamardin Hashim, Hanipah Farikullah, Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah, JCA dismissed the appeal filed by

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After the Parliament approval, President of India, Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent for the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment)

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Rajya Sabha passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019, yesterday, i.e. 24-07-2019 with a death penalty provision for

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Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of J.K. Maheshwari and Anjuli Palo, JJ. partly allowed a criminal petition filed by a

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Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed, JJ. set

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Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of B.P. Dharmadhikari and Prakash D. Naik, JJ. allowed an appeal by a convict who was

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According to the media reports, New Hampshire in a recent development abolishes capital punishment in the State. “New Hampshire, which hasn’t executed

Kerala High Court
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Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.M. Shaffique and P. Somarajan, JJ. was hearing a death reference tagged along with a

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Supreme Court of Zambia: This appeal was filed before a 3-Judge Bench comprising of Hamaundu, Kajimanga and Chinyama, JJS., where trial court

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“Society’s perspective is generally formed by the emotionally charged narratives, which need not necessarily be legally correct, properly informed or procedurally proper.”

Patna High Court
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Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Arvind Srivastava and Rakesh Kumar, JJ., upheld the judgment of the trial court and dismissed

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Lok Sabha passed a bill seeking to replace Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance by placing a significant provision of death penalty to the

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Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): In the court of Sir Dennis Byron, President and Honourable Justice Saunders, Wit, Hayton, Anderson, Rajnauth-Lee and Barrow

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Delhi High Court: The recent judgment passed by a bench comprising of S. Muralidhar and I. S. Mehta,JJ., held that ‘life imprisonment’

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Supreme Court: Almost after 5 years of the commission of the horrendous crime that shook not only the nation but the world,

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Supreme Court: In the case where death penalty was sought for a man who allegedly set his 7-month pregnant wife on fire

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Supreme Court of United States: The Court by a majority of 6:2 reversed the decision of the Arizona Supreme Court where the

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Supreme Court of United States: Ruling that prosecutors in Georgia violated the Constitution by striking every black prospective juror in a death penalty