Death row convict may be heard in open court: SC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeciEGBLN7guZE2M_WHzfwukFG8J-7TFh6q7K_uB7WdNy3ZVZ04chQhyPmHuWiQIhuFfDjICOYLVx3H3NV0FSG__fvx5bgqfiTWsmLMOccNVt7xxfAFSkbxwug2tvgsZB0b0G7nzWyg_ii/s1600/Death-Penalty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeciEGBLN7guZE2M_WHzfwukFG8J-7TFh6q7K_uB7WdNy3ZVZ04chQhyPmHuWiQIhuFfDjICOYLVx3H3NV0FSG__fvx5bgqfiTWsmLMOccNVt7xxfAFSkbxwug2tvgsZB0b0G7nzWyg_ii/s200/Death-Penalty.jpg" /></a></div>New Delhi, September 2, 2014: The Supreme Court Tuesday held that in the cases where the death sentence has been upheld by the apex court, the death convict will have a right that his petition seeking review of the verdict upholding death sentence will be heard by the three judges bench in an open court and he will be accorded half an hour hearing.<br /> <br /> The apex court constitution bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha said that in the review petition that have already been decided and rejected, but the death sentence has not been carried out, the convict may come back seeking the open court hearing of a review petition by a three judges bench and he getting half an hour to address the court.<br /> <br /> However, in the cases, where the curative petition has already been decided, the death row convict will not have this opportunity to avail. The constitution bench verdict came on a batch of petitions seeking that their plea for the recall of verdict upholding their death sentence should be heard in the open court by a three judges bench. As of now the review plea of death row convicts were being considered by the judges in their chambers through circulation.<br /> <br /> Source: Nagaland Post<br />

Death row convict may be heard in open court: SC

New Delhi, September 2, 2014: The Supreme Court Tuesday held that in the cases where the death sentence has been upheld by the apex court, t...

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'President Mukherjee rejected 97 pc of mercy petitions'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhileY0wFnXRLq44bf5A3gQ8qr5je7F0pz2mHuHWtUKzhnKv5lGkN1BFdR8SeAq-jm_ypH6i-oHWK9DXSSCDjfoBABB0sVn3pmcL3bYFdr9icfe7kWWi3VrSlKRnR8op0nxRM7QYsEd35jt/s1600/Presidents+Rule.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhileY0wFnXRLq44bf5A3gQ8qr5je7F0pz2mHuHWtUKzhnKv5lGkN1BFdR8SeAq-jm_ypH6i-oHWK9DXSSCDjfoBABB0sVn3pmcL3bYFdr9icfe7kWWi3VrSlKRnR8op0nxRM7QYsEd35jt/s200/Presidents+Rule.JPG"></a></div>New Delhi, September 01, 2014: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, "India: Death Penalty Has No Deterrence" stated that President of India Pranab Mukherjee has rejected 97 percent of the mercy petitions since assuming the office of the President of India despite no deterrent effect of death penalty.

'President Mukherjee rejected 97 pc of mercy petitions'

New Delhi, September 01, 2014: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, "India: Death Penalty Has No Deterrence" st...

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