The top court refused to accept Delhi gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma's contention that the President did not apply his mind while rejecting the mercy plea.
Vinay Sharma, a 16 December convict on death row, had filed a mercy petition on 29 January before the President who rejected it on MHA's recommendation.
Sharma is one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 gang-rape and murder case. He had filed the mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind on 29 January.
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana said courts can’t afford to discriminate against any convict, including death row convicts, in pursuit of his legal remedies.
The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.
The Asian Development Outlook 2024 report suggests that policymakers in the region should monitor a number of risks. These include escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
I hope that I am wrong, but I would still not bet that they will face justice on March 3. Judges have created this mess. Nithari murderer’s death sentence was overturned by the high court on a different ground even after the Supreme Court had rejected his appeal. (Look it up if you don’t believe me). Don’t blame the politicians – it’s the judges who have created layers and layers of delays. The ridiculous “curative” appeal is a new “innovation” that was introduced by a new judge flush in his powers quite recently (in the last 10 years). Review of the rejection of the mercy petition is a gross overreach of court authority.
The death penalty is just one example of a judiciary that has systematically destroyed governance. Virtually nothing is resolved in less than 10 years. Entire segments of the national economy have been destroyed because of delays and poorly thought through judgments.
I hope that I am wrong, but I would still not bet that they will face justice on March 3. Judges have created this mess. Nithari murderer’s death sentence was overturned by the high court on a different ground even after the Supreme Court had rejected his appeal. (Look it up if you don’t believe me). Don’t blame the politicians – it’s the judges who have created layers and layers of delays. The ridiculous “curative” appeal is a new “innovation” that was introduced by a new judge flush in his powers quite recently (in the last 10 years). Review of the rejection of the mercy petition is a gross overreach of court authority.
The death penalty is just one example of a judiciary that has systematically destroyed governance. Virtually nothing is resolved in less than 10 years. Entire segments of the national economy have been destroyed because of delays and poorly thought through judgments.