The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reiterated its opposition to the death penalty on World Day against Death Penalty, which is observed on October 10 and said it believed that "this punishment allows for a very high probability of miscarriage of justice on account of critical deficiencies in the law, police investigation, chronic corruption and "cultural prejudices affecting women and religious minorities" in Pakistan.
A parliamentary standing committee has recommended that death penalty should be slapped on hijackers only if they kill any hostage or security men and not on anybody declared a hijacker.
In a fresh development in the 26/11 terror attack case, Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab on Tuesday filed an appeal in the Bombay high court challenging death penalty awarded to him for killing 166 persons on November 26, 2008.
A member of a Hindu right-wing organisation met with the family of a man killed in a brawl in Uttam Nagar following a Holi celebration, as tensions remain high in the area.
The Delhi high court on Monday issued a notice to separatist leader Yasin Malik, who is currently serving a life term, on a plea by the National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for him in a terror funding case.
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Justice J S Verma has said that there was a unanimous view by women's groups against the death penalty for convicted rapists. "It was a unanimous suggestion of even women leaders who have been fighting for the cause for decades. Even the current trend is against the death penalty," he said.
Unfazed by criticism, former Union minister Shashi Tharoor opposed death penalty even for terrorists saying it was an "obsolete practice" and they should instead be put behind bars for the rest of their lives without parole.
Under attack from right wing forces, Gujarat government on Tuesday kept on hold its decision to seek death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi and eight others in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case.
The apex court, which dismissed the review pleas filed by three of the four death row convicts of the sensational December 16, 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, said the courts cannot be held for committing any illegality in awarding capital punishment in "appropriate cases" till death penalty remains in the penal code.
India was among the 39 countries that voted against a United Nations General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death penalty, saying every nation had the "sovereign right" to determine its own legal system.
As India executed 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has called on nations who still use the death penalty to abolish the practice.
While supporting death for those convicted in terror cases and for waging war against the country, the report, 'The Death Penalty' said that although there is no valid penological justification for treating terrorism differently from other crimes, concern is often raised that abolition of capital punishment for terror-related offences and waging war will affect national security.
A local court in Guna, Madhya Pradesh, sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife, concluding the trial in just over three months.
A court in Sharjah on Monday waived the death sentence awarded to eight young men from Punjab for the murder of a Pakistani national after a Dubai-based Indian hotelier paid blood money to the family of the victim on their behalf. The murder took place on July 11, 2009 following which 10 men, eight Indians and two Pakistanis, were arrested. The death penalty of the two Pakistani men has also been waived off after Dubai-based hotelier SP Singh Oberoi paid the blood money.
A man in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, has been jailed under the National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly sharing objectionable social media posts intended to disrupt communal harmony. The arrest followed protests demanding severe punishment for the accused.
'Capital punishments have rarely acted as a deterrent. What we need to do is to make our society, our workplaces, our streets safe for women'
'A speedy trial is absolutely essential.' 'Not only justice is given, it is given expeditiously.'
A 34-year-old cloth trader was fatally shot by his tenant in Delhi's Preet Vihar following a dispute over parking. Police have arrested the accused and are investigating the involvement of his associates.
The Maharashtra government will try its level best to seek death penalty for Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive in 26/11 attacks, Home Minister R RPatil said in Mumbai on Sunday.
India has opposed a UN resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, saying it goes against Indian statutory law and the sovereign right of every country to determine their own legal system.
District and Sessions Judge S P Garg had on April 13 found six out of 10 suspected members of banned terror outfit guilty for their varying roles in the case. Three other convicted terrorists were handed down varied jail terms.
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A 58-year-old man has been arrested in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly murdering a 16-year-old boy. Police are investigating claims that the accused resorted to cannibalism after a video surfaced online.
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday sought the death penalty for convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who had earlier pleaded guilty of all charges, including those under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, in a terror funding case, court sources said.
Pitching in for harsher punishment for rape, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said her government would request the Centre to make necessary changes in the law to provide death penalty and chemical castration to those involved in such crimes.
Days after the execution of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, President Pranab Mukherjee rejected the mercy petitions of four associates of slain forest brigand Veerappan, who were given a death sentence in a landmine blast case.
Supporting death penalty for hijackers, a parliamentary committee has said capital punishment must be awarded to conspirators and abettors whose actions result in death of hostages or security personnel. At the same time, it raised questions as to whether opportunities for any negotiation or settlement to save lives would be foreclosed if the hijackers knew they would in any case get capital punishment for the offence.
Slamming the police for 'serious lapses' in probe of the 1996 Lajpat Nagar bomb blast case, the Delhi high court on Thursday acquitted two alleged Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front terrorists, sentenced with capital punishment in the case, and commuted the death penalty of the third terrorist to life imprisonment.
Bhullar was convicted for carrying out a bomb blast in New Delhi outside the All India Youth Congress headquarters in 1993, which claimed nine lives. His mercy plea was rejected in May 2011.
Holding honour killings as a slur on the nation and a barbaric, feudal practice that ought to be stamped out, the Supreme Court on Monday directed courts to view such cases as "rarest of rare" category for awarding death penalty to the convicts.
The state government, however, maintained it has no intimation so far from the central government or the governor's office regarding their "observations" on certain provisions in the Bill.
'We have accepted the prayers that electronic records must be placed in consideration. His guilt is proved. We affirm the view taken by this court and reject the review petition,' the bench said.
Rape that leads to death of the victim or leaving her in a vegetative state can now attract death penalty under an ordinance cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday night in a bid to fast-track stringent amendments to the criminal laws to check crime against women.
A Mumbai-based businessman was allegedly duped of Rs 3.25 crore by a nine-member inter-state gang promising high investment returns. The gang also allegedly assaulted and threatened the businessman. Police have registered a case and handed it over to the Mumbai Crime Branch for further investigation.
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The government on Friday said in Rajya Sabha that it is "not in favour" of abolishing the capital punishment considering the "prevailing circumstances" in the country.
The draft of the anti-rape bill, scheduled to be tabled by the Mamata Banerjee government in the West Bengal assembly on Tuesday, proposes capital punishment for persons convicted of rape if their actions result in the victim's death or cause her to become vegetative.
His comment came after the Shiv Sena attacked him for petitioning the president to save Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon from the gallows.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court acquitted one convict and commuted the death sentence of two others to life imprisonment in the 2014 Yug Gupta murder case.
