{"id":268186,"date":"2022-06-10T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T03:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=268186"},"modified":"2022-06-17T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T08:05:26","slug":"capital-punishment-psychological-evaluation-death-row-convict-nlu-delhi-supreme-court-legal-research-updates-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/10\/capital-punishment-psychological-evaluation-death-row-convict-nlu-delhi-supreme-court-legal-research-updates-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital Punishment| Supreme Court allows Project 39A of NLU Delhi to conduct psychological evaluation of a death row convict to bring out mitigating factors\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Supreme Court: <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Adopting a humanitarian approach, the 3-judge Bench of Uday Umesh Lalit, S. 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The Court, while admitting the appeal had stayed the execution of the death sentence of the appellant.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Referring to the recent decision in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manoj v. 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The matter is placed on 15-09-2022 for final disposal.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[Karan v. State of M.P., <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Bv0yg1M3\"><b>2022 SCC OnLine SC 732<\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, decided on 20-05-2022] <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Appearance by:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Appellant(s): Ms. Shivani Misra, Adv. 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