SC Refuses Review of Hanging as Method of Execution; Keeps Future Challenge Open
The Supreme Court declined to reconsider the constitutional validity of hanging as the method of execution for death sentences in India. The
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“Not a single instance of a botched execution in India”: SC declines to refer Deena’s ‘Hanging-Method’ ruling to Larger Bench for reconsideration
A three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Deena v. Union of India, (1983) 4 SCC 645, specifically analysed and evaluated comparative merits of different methods of execution of death sentence and upheld the constitutional validity of hanging as mode of execution of death penalty.