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In a significant ruling, Supreme Court lays down test to determine if someone is a part of unlawful assembly or a mere bystander.

The death penalty has been widely, unfairly imposed. Supreme Court has fixed the problem

September 26, 2025 3:42 pm

The 'Dupare' ruling marks a momentous shift in India’s constitutional jurisprudence on the death penalty. By elevating sentencing safeguards to the status of fundamental rights, the Court has reaffirmed that the administration of the death penalty cannot escape the rigours of equality, fairness, and due process

How many Indian citizens are imprisoned & facing death penalties in foreign jails?

July 31, 2025 4:44 pm

Indians in foreign jails 2025: MoS External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh stated that the government attaches high priority to the safety, security and well-being of Indian nationals in foreign countries, including those in foreign jails.

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3 sentenced to death for rape and murder of a minor girl

July 11, 2025 1:46 am

Rahaman Ali, Jamirul Haque, and Tamirul Haque were convicted of killing the girl after raping her.

Saudi Arabia executes journalist after 7 years in prison over social media posts

June 15, 2025 6:34 pm

Al-Jasser was arrested in 2018 after security forces raided his home and seized his computer and phones. It remains unclear where he was tried or how long the trial lasted.

Karnataka court hands death penalty to 3 for killing five of a family over love marriage

April 09, 2025 7:23 am

Nine relatives of the three convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment over the July 11, 2020 killings in Karnataka’s Raichur district.

Man convicted of raping 7-month-old toddler in Kolkata gets death sentence

February 19, 2025 2:28 pm

Sentencing takes place within 40 days of the trial that started on Jan 7, says public prosecutor.

SC uphelds Bombay HC order commuting death penalty to life term of convicts accused of BPO staffer's rape, murder

December 11, 2024 9:47 am

A native of Uttar Pradesh, the deceased woman had graduated from a college in Pune and joined a BPO as an associate in December 2006.

Bombay HC upholds conviction of man sentenced to death

‘Barbaric, grotesque and close to cannibalism’: Bombay HC upholds death sentence of man convicted for murdering mother, eating her organs

October 03, 2024 12:27 am

The prosecution claimed Kuchkoravi allegedly murdered his 63-year-old mother on August 28, 2017, in Kolhapur city.

Karnataka man awarded death penalty for raping and killing 3-year-old girl

September 30, 2024 2:25 pm

The court in Karnataka’s Belagavi district also asks the district legal services authority to provide a compensation of Rs 3 lakh to the girl's family.

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Providing help to nurse on death row in Yemen: Govt tells House

July 27, 2024 11:07 am

The government of India is providing all possible assistance in the case including seeking consular access to the nurse, Nimishapriya, in jail and providing a lawyer to represent her case, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said.

DEATH PENALTY VIDEOS

From condemning rape to promising Triple Talaq Bill, Narendra Modi makes a pitch to women voters in I-day speech

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

From Red Fort, Narendra Modi pitches to women voters; condemns rape, promises permanent commission for women and triple talaq bill. See more: https://bit.ly/2M2t86i

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Plenty of evidence to show death penalty for child rapists is no deterrent

June 22, 2020 6:25 pm

The government's proposal to modify the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act or POCSO Act and ensure death penalty for child rapists has many problems. Shalini Nair reports.