There are various factors that should feature in judging the fate of Rajiv Gandhi's killers, says Shubhashis Gangopadhyay
As the police said they have a list of 8,000 accused and the drive will continue, women protested against the move in various districts saying they will face problems without livelihoods.
Names of CMs of Punjab and Karnataka along with a former CM found mention in the list.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has also filed a separate plea challenging the grant of remission to the convicts by the Gujarat government.
'This is a politically motivated decision.' 'Nitish Kumar is desperate to win as many parliamentary seats as possible.'
The quantum of punishment will be announced later on Monday.
The court found Lt Col (Retd) Kandasamy Ramarajan guilty of murdering Dilshan, a local slum boy who strayed into the army officers quarters to pluck mangoes and awarded life term. It also found him guilty of destruction of evidence, especially concealing the service pistol and possession of illegal firearm and awarded another three years rigorous imprisonment. Both terms will run concurrently.
It also suggested that the IPC provision related to adultery should be retained in the Sanhita by making it gender neutral "for the sake of protecting the institution of marriage".
Though, as many as 41 of the 125 were charge sheeted, only 25 of were convicted in the crime that shook the whole of Maharashtra last year.
Earlier, an apex court bench had dismissed appeals of nine convicts, including Rajagopal, and upheld the Madras high court verdict awarding life term to them.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the Delhi High court judgment decriminalise homosexual acts among consenting adults in private.
On April 15, 2013, the convicts had shoved objects in the victim's private parts and leaving her in a house believing she was dead. The child was rescued 40 hours later on April 17 and had to undergo multiple surgeries at All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Delhi.
The trial court had awarded him the maximum punishment of life term with a rider that the convict will remain in jail for "remainder of his natural biological life" and also imposed an exemplary fine of Rs 25 lakh on him to be paid within a month.
Egypt's toppled Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court for passing state secrets to Qatar.
Exactly a year after commencement of hearing, the Delhi high court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on appeals of three persons against a lower court judgement awarding rigorous life imprisonment to them for abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002.
S Nalini, who has been undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to declare as "null and void" a provision in law mandating Tamil Nadu government to consult the Centre before releasing seven life term convicts in the case.
The chain of events leading to the rejection of Khalistan Liberation Force militant Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's plea for commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court:
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which trained a batch of Assam's United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants in 1991-92, considered the rebel group's chief Paresh Baruah a prize catch and did not want to offend him even after he was unwilling to take the agency's commands on conducting operations in the northeastern state, claims a new book.
'We are aghast at what happened in Gujarat a few days ago, on the 75th anniversary of India's Independence'
'When there was no crime committed, everything had to be fabricated. They see it as a war, and everything is fair in love and war.'
The court had on Monday reserved its verdict on the pronouncement of quantum of sentence to the six convicts in the case after hearing the argument of CBI and the defence lawyers.
'Governments now know well: Mention the word 'Maoist', and plenty people otherwise sceptical of the government become instant believers, says Dilip D'Souza.
Handing the verdict, the General Court Martial also suspended the service benefits of Col DK Pathania of the 4 Rajput regiment (the unit which was involved in the encounter), Captain Upendra Singh, Subedar Satbir Singh, Havildar Bir Singh, Sepoy Chadraban, Sepoy Nagendra Singh and Sepoy Narinder Singh.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday said Pervez Musharraf will be tried for high treason for subverting the constitution twice, including when the former military ruler ousted him in a 1999 coup.
Earlier, Rajagopal had surrendered before a local court to serve life sentence in a murder case and had been shifted to Vijaya Hospital, after the Madras high court passed an interim order on a petition filed by his son.
A Delhi court remanded Rajasthan Royals' tainted trio Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankit Chavan and 10 others to five more days in police custody, in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing case, it was reported on Tuesday.
The DCW chief had been demanding death penalty for rape of minors and setting up of fast-track courts across the country to try rape cases, along with other demands.
The state government has challenged a trial court's decision to acquit 61 persons in the Godhra train burning case in Gujarat high court and sought death sentences for twenty convicts awarded life imprisonment in the case.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Gujarat unit had opposed the move of the state government to seek death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani and others in the 2002 post-Godhra riots case, Parishad leader Pravin Togadia said on Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they will approach court for the custody of the inmate who attacked and critically injured a Pakistani prisoner in Kot Balwal Jail In Jammu. "We will move court to seek the custody of the prisoner, Vinod Kumar, in connection with the attack on the Pakistani prisoner," said Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Rajesh Kumar.
A special court in Indore on Monday awarded life imprisonment to Students Islamic Movement of India chief Safdar Hussain Nagori and 10 other activists of the banned group
The HC granted relief to Sanchita Gupta alias Shilpi who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a trial court.
The ACHR claimed in a statement that there is already a precedent for the President of India to reconsider a mercy plea twice.
The sad thing is that They don't know how to make me die
Six policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, were on Friday convicted by a Patiala court for kidnapping and murdering human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra in 1995.
The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday night decided to cancel the remission of prison term granted to alleged Indian Mujahideen activist Syed Maqbool in the backdrop of his suspected involvement in the twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad last month.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a plea by S Nalini, undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, challenging the law mandating Centre's approval for her release and that of six other convicts.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced the crucial hearing to examine the power of the Union and states to grant remission for releasing convicts whose death sentences are commuted to life term with the Centre asserting that the rights of the victims cannot be overlooked.
The Supreme Court will on Wednesday take up the plea of four associates of sandalwood bandit Veerappan who are on death row at the Belgaum Central Jail in Karnataka.
The Delhi high court today asked the Centre to respond to a PIL seeking annulment of certain provisions in the juvenile law, including those that spare minor convicts from life imprisonment and death penalty.
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