Subramanian Swamy DNA CORRESPONDENT | Sat, 25 Mar 2017-06:55am , New Delhi , DNA In the history of Indian parliament, only one private member’s bill has so far become a law. Keeping date with his promise, BJP member Dr Subramanian… Continue Reading →
Book Review: By Keith Armando Gomes | | Gopalkrishna Gandhi. In his new book, Gopalkrishna Gandhi turns every possible stone to attain a fine understanding of the history of death penalty in India, voicing the concerns of abolitionists, writes Keith… Continue Reading →
India Opposes UN Resolution For Moratorium On Death Penalty India has opposed a UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty. UNITED NATIONS: India has opposed a UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, saying… Continue Reading →
ISLAMABAD/AFP FILE-AP PHOTO/MASSOUD HOSSAINI Pakistan’s Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal brought by lawyers for a mentally ill prisoner facing execution, and a rights group said he could now be hanged next week. Imdad Ali, who is aged around 50,… Continue Reading →
BJP‘s Sakshi Maharaj also backed Haryana Chief Minister Manoharlal Khattar‘s controversial “Muslims should quit eating beef” statement, saying there was nothing wrong in it. BHUBANESHWAR: Controversial BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj today pitched for a law that provides for death penalty for… Continue Reading →
Nishant Gokhale and Lubhyathi Rangarajan Remove secrecy surrounding exercise of mercy powers. Make the reasoning public. Clemency powers operate in relation to both the conviction for an offence and the sentence. A person can be pardoned or granted a reprieve… Continue Reading →
The Law Commission of India in its “Report No.262: The Death Penalty” of August 2015 recommended that “the death penalty be abolished for all crimes other than terrorism related offences and waging war. Although there is no valid penological justification… Continue Reading →
FILE-PTI PHOTO JAMMU | SEP 21, 2015 Bajrang Dal activist today held a protest demanding a complete ban on the sale of beef and slaughter of bovine animals in Jammu and Kashmir, besides urging the government to impose death penalty for… Continue Reading →
Express News Service Coimbatore While the efficacy of capital punishment in deterring crimes is a much debated topic, the actual number of people sent to the gallows in India itself has still not been established. Citing numbers from the 35th… Continue Reading →
CORINNE ABRAMS India’s Law Commission released a report this week recommending that the country move toward abolishing the death penalty, except in terrorism cases to safeguard national security. It marks a shift for the body that advises the government on… Continue Reading →
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