Abolishment of Capital Punishment in India
INTRODUCTION Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the highest form of punishment awarded to any criminal. It is the legal procedure of the state in which it exercises its power to take the life of the criminal. The current judicial system in India awards death penalty for a few …
Indian Supreme Court Updates: May 31st-June 6th
SC Stays Execution of Yakub Memon Yakub Abudl Razak Memon was convicted of being responsible for the 1993 Mumbai Blasts. The court stayed the execution and has referred a plea to hear the case in open court, rather than in chamber proceedings, to the Constitution bench. The TADA court originally …