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mercy petition

plea of juvenility
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Consistent failure of judicial machinery to recognise and act upon plea of juvenility”; SC Directs release of convict after 25 years in prison

The Court explained that when the plea of juvenility was raised, it should have been dealt with under the existing laws at the relevant point of time, especially when there exists a tacit and clear admission as to the age of the Appellant.

Published on January 14, 2025January 18, 2025By Sucheta
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juvenile offender
Case BriefsSupreme Court

28 years later, Supreme Court sets aside death penalty of man, after finding him juvenile during the commission of multiple murders

Supreme Court said that the degree or dimension of the offence should not be the direct approach of the Court in its inquiry into juvenility of an accused or convict.

Published on April 7, 2023April 6, 2023By Apoorva
1 Comment4074 views
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court commutes death sentence of a rape and murder convict, due to ill-effects of 10 years of solitary confinement

    Supreme Court: In appeal against the judgment passed by the Karnataka High Court three-judge bench of Uday Umesh Lalit*, C.J.,

Published on November 11, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Whether a Presidential order banning benefit of parole and remission in a mercy petition will create a blanket ban on benefit of furlough? Supreme Court examines

Supreme Court: In a landmark ruling, the Division Bench of Dinesh Maheshwari* and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., reversed Delhi High Court’s judgment holding

Published on May 10, 2022May 13, 2022By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

The final order that sealed the fate for the Nirbhaya convicts

Supreme Court: Putting the last nail in the coffin for the Nirbhaya death row convicts who were hanged this morning, the 3-judge

Published on March 20, 2020March 23, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Hot Off The PressNews

Nirbhaya Case | Mercy Petition of Pawan Gupta rejected by President

President rejects the mercy petition of Pawan Gupta one of the convicts in Nirbhaya Case. A Delhi court had deferred till further

Published on March 4, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

Nirbhaya case| Verdict on Vinay Kumar’s plea against rejection of mercy petition tomorrow

Supreme Court: A bench head by R. Banumathi, J has reserved the order on the issue of rejection of mercy petition of

Published on February 13, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Nirbhaya Case| Supreme Court Issues Notices To 4 Death Row Convicts

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has sought response from the four death row

Published on February 11, 2020February 14, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Hot Off The PressNews

Nirbhaya Gang-Rape & Murder Case | Convicts are playing with the Judiciary: SG Tushar Mehta

Update on the Case: Delhi High Court commenced proceedings in regard to hearing a challenge placed by the Centre after the 4

Published on February 3, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Jhar HC | Illiterate person, unable to understand legal impediment cannot be denied claim solely on the ground of delay

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. contemplated the mercy petition filed by a petitioner who sought re-employment in a Coal Company.

Published on July 16, 2019July 17, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CIC | File notings and correspondence sent and received by MHA in relation to mercy petition not a part of ministerial advice – can be disclosed under RTI

Central Information Commission (CIC): Chief Information Commissioner Sudhir Bhargava allowed a second appeal for information regarding mercy petition on the grounds that file

Published on July 6, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Here’s why SC commuted the death sentence of man who killed his wife and 5 children to LI

Supreme Court: “The mercy petition is the last hope of a person on death row. Every dawn will give rise to a

Published on February 22, 2019February 27, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
2 Comments4479 views
High Courts

Court commuted the death sentence of “Surendra Kohli” to life imprisonment for the murder of “Rimpa Haldar”

Allahabad high Court: While holding “Surendra Koli” (Convict) guilty of committing murder of “Rimpa Haldar”, the division bench of D.Y. Chandrachud C.J.

Published on February 11, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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