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Punjab and Haryana High Court says mothers have blind love for 'raja betas' who can be villainous, gives 30-year jail term to man in rape, murder case
December 26, 2025 12:39 pm
Punjab Haryana HC Raja Betas remark: Handing out a 30-year jail term to a man for the rape and murder of a minor, the bench said 'in this part of India', family members, especially mothers, often exhibit blind love for 'precious' sons.
Two federal inmates reject Biden’s commutation, prefer death sentence to life in prison
January 20, 2025 1:16 am
Both men argue that the change would hinder their efforts to prove their innocence. They believe that staying on death row provides them with more legal resources to fight their cases.
Commuting life term: Woman to request Punjab Governor to review order to pardon son’s killers
May 28, 2017 4:31 am
Sukhwinderjit’s mother Rajinder Kaur on Saturday said it was rather unfortunate that her son’s killers would walk free because first they struggled for six years to get Neki and Brandy convicted and now they get pardon.
SC agrees to hear a PIL challenging commutation of death sentence
February 07, 2014 11:31 am
It sought judicial review of such decisions and reasonable yardsticks for exercising such power.
SC larger Bench to hear death row pleas
July 27, 2013 2:58 am
A Bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi posted the matter for first hearing
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