Madras High Court reduces sentence of Kattai Raja to imprisonment for life; Case does not fall under the ‘rarest of rare doctrine’
Madras High Court: In a case related to a reference made by the Additional District and Sessions Judge under S.
mitigating circumstances
Psychiatric & Psychological Evaluation of death row convicts| Supreme Court mandates call for mental health report before pronouncing death sentence
“Implicit in this shift is the understanding that the criminal is not a product of only their own decisions, but also a product of the state and society’s failing, which is what entitles the accused to a chance of reformation.”
7-year-old’s “brutal” rape and murder: SC commutes Death sentence; No premature release/remission during 30 years’ LI as “conscience of the society cannot be ignored”
Supreme Court: In a case where a man had brutally raped and murdered a 7-year-old girl, the 3-judge bench of AM Khanwilkar,
Nirbhaya| SC dismisses the curative plea of the fourth Death Row convict
Supreme Court: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today dismissed the curative petition filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, a death
Nirbhaya Case| Centre’s plea seeking separate execution of death row convicts to be heard on March 5
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha, JJ has said that it will hear on March
Nirbhaya Case| SC dismisses Vinay Kumar’s plea against rejection of mercy plea
Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has dismissed the plea seeking review of the
Nirbhaya Case| Akshay Kumar Singh’s curative petition dismissed by a 5-judge bench
Supreme Court: A 5-judge bench of NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, RF Nariman, R. Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan, JJ has rejected the curative
Nirbhaya Case| SC dismisses Mukesh Kumar’s plea against rejection of mercy plea [Full report]
Supreme Court: Dismissing the petition filed Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convict Mukesh Kumar Singh, challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by
Nirbhaya Case| Order on death row convict Mukesh Kumar’s petition against rejection of his mercy plea by the President tomorrow
Supreme Court: After a day long hearing in he petition filed Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convict Mukesh Kumar Singh, challenging the rejection
Nirbhaya Case| SC to hear Mukesh Kumar’s petition against rejection of his mercy plea by the President tomorrow
Supreme Court : A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde has said that it will hear the writ petition filed by one
Nirbhaya Case|SC yet again rejects Pawan Kumar’s plea of juvenility
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna, JJ has dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by
Nirbhaya Case| Death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma moves curative plea in a last bid to escape the noose
Supreme Court: In a last ditch effort to escape the noose, Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death
Nirbhaya Case| SC rejects review petition filed by the fourth death row convict Akshay Kumar Singh [Full Report]
Supreme Court: After a brief hearing on the review petition filed by Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the brutal
Nirbhaya Case| One of the death row convicts files review petition seeking leniency
Supreme Court: Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the brutal December 16, 2012, Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, has filed
Rape & murder of a 10-year-old & her brother: SC refuses to review it’s 2:1 verdict awarding death sentence
Supreme Court: In a ghastly case involving rape and murder of 2 children, the 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Surya Kant and
Man rapes a 10-year-old & throws her & her brother alive in canal; SC awards death sentence by a 2:1 verdict
Supreme Court: In a ghastly case involving rape and murder of 2 children, the 3-judge bench of RF Nariman, Surya Kant and
MP HC | Death sentence confirmed as no mitigating circumstances found in favour of rape and murder accused
Madhya Pradesh High Court: This reference was made before a Division Bench of P.K. Jaiswal and B.K. Shrivastava, JJ. by ASJ, District
Sentence of a ‘rape convict’ reduced in light of mitigating circumstances
Bombay High Court: The sentence of the appellant who was convicted for kidnapping and rape, was reduced to the period already undergone
Showing signs of reformation after initiating Review petition not enough to save a man, who raped and brutally killed a 4-year old, from death sentence
Supreme Court: In the case where a 4-year old girl was raped and battered to death by the petitioner, the bench of
Nirbhaya Case: Superintendent of Jail to file report in regard to the conduct of the accused persons till 20.03.2017
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, R. Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan, JJ, while considering the affidavits filed to show the