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Violent woman's temporary release on furlough dangerous to society, prisoner's conduct "insufferable": Jail authority to HC

March 12, 2025 12:13 am

The authority was responding to a plea by Seema Gavit, one of the two sisters whose death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by the High Court in 2022whatsa

Supreme Court commutes death penalty to 20-year jail in minor’s rape-murder case

April 21, 2022 2:28 am

“A tiny bud like girl was smothered by the appellant before she could blossom in this world. Any sympathy shown to the appellant would lead to miscarriage of justice. This court has not treated such cases as the rarest of rare,” reads the order.

Bending towards justice

January 30, 2014 9:07 am

After clemency, the court must address the death penalty itself.

Govt to ask SC to review ruling on death penalty

January 30, 2014 12:28 pm

Court to hear Rajiv convicts’ plea seeking commutation of sentence to life term today.

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