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Capital Punishment

Any prosecution carried out under death penalty provision of SC/ST Act? : Supreme Court asks Attorney General

The SC bench was hearing a PIL filed by advocate Rishi Malhotra, who has sought striking down of the mandatory death penalty provision under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

13 February 2024, 15:34 IST

Any prosecution carried out under death penalty provision of SC/ST Act? : Supreme Court asks Attorney General

Any prosecution carried out under death penalty provision of SC/ST Act? : Supreme Court asks Attorney General

Any prosecution carried out under death penalty provision of SC/ST Act? : Supreme Court asks Attorney General

13 February 2024, 15:34 IST

Death by Nitrogen: UN experts urge US authorities to halt planned execution

Kenneth Smith, convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, is scheduled to be executed in the U.S. state of Alabama on Jan. 25 using the method, which is intended to deprive him of oxygen by using a face mask connected to a cylinder of nitrogen.

03 January 2024, 11:48 IST

Death by Nitrogen: UN experts urge US authorities to halt planned execution

Death by Nitrogen: UN experts urge US authorities to halt planned execution

Death by Nitrogen: UN experts urge US authorities to halt planned execution

03 January 2024, 11:48 IST

SC converts death penalty to life term with 20 yrs minimum jail for convict in case of indiscriminate firing, killing six

The court said the Allahabad High Court was not justified in imposing the death penalty in case of one accused and converting the punishment in another to life term, though the role attributed to both of them was identical.

11 November 2023, 14:12 IST

SC converts death penalty to life term with 20 yrs minimum jail for convict in case of indiscriminate firing, killing six

SC converts death penalty to life term with 20 yrs minimum jail for convict in case of indiscriminate firing, killing six

SC converts death penalty to life term with 20 yrs minimum jail for convict in case of indiscriminate firing, killing six

11 November 2023, 14:12 IST

Saving our 8 Navy veterans

The capital punishment to the seven officers and a sailor did not leave just their families and military circles horrified, but the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) was also completely caught off-guard.

31 October 2023, 22:17 IST

Saving our 8 Navy veterans

Saving our 8 Navy veterans

Saving our 8 Navy veterans

31 October 2023, 22:17 IST

Broader perspective: SC on execution by hanging panel

The court fixed the matter for further hearing after two weeks as the AG was unavailable.

26 July 2023, 01:17 IST

'Will give a broader perspective’, SC on Centre's proposal to form panel to examine execution by hanging

'Will give a broader perspective’, SC on Centre's proposal to form panel to examine execution by hanging

Broader perspective: SC on execution by hanging panel

26 July 2023, 01:17 IST

Iran hangs two men over deadly shrine attack

Fars and ISNA news agencies said the two were hanged in the southern city of Shiraz.

08 July 2023, 04:57 IST

Iran hangs two men over deadly shrine attack

Iran hangs two men over deadly shrine attack

Iran hangs two men over deadly shrine attack

08 July 2023, 04:57 IST

Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty

Alternatives to the death penalty include whipping and imprisonment of between 30 to 40 years, as opposed to the duration of the offender's natural life

03 April 2023, 11:32 IST

Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms

Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms

Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty

03 April 2023, 11:32 IST

Industrialist's son sentenced to death for beheading

24 February 2022, 17:28 IST

Pak court sentences to death son of prominent industrialist for beheading daughter of ex-diplomat

Pak court sentences to death son of prominent industrialist for beheading daughter of ex-diplomat

Industrialist's son sentenced to death for beheading

24 February 2022, 17:28 IST

Kerala man gets capital punishment for murdering couple

The court also awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment for robbery, 10 years for housebreaking and seven years for destruction of evidence

21 February 2022, 14:40 IST

Man gets capital punishment for murdering newly-wed couple in Kerala

Man gets capital punishment for murdering newly-wed couple in Kerala

Kerala man gets capital punishment for murdering couple

21 February 2022, 14:40 IST

Japan hangs 3 in first use of death penalty in 2 years

Japan now has 107 people on death row at detention centres, instead of regular prisons

21 December 2021, 11:46 IST

Japan hangs 3 in first use of capital punishment in 2 years

Japan hangs 3 in first use of capital punishment in 2 years

Japan hangs 3 in first use of death penalty in 2 years

21 December 2021, 11:46 IST