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TopicDeath penalty

Topic: Death penalty

Why was Chittoor mayor’s 2015 murder ‘rarest of rare’? The family feud behind death penalty

Five people have been sentenced to death for the brutal killing of Chittoor Mayor Katari Anuradha and her husband in 2015. A year earlier, they’d staged a dharna for the ‘mastermind’.

Utah prosecutors, Trump seek death penalty for suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting

Tyler Robinson, 22, is alleged to have killed Kirk by firing a single rifle shot from a rooftop that pierced the conservative activist's neck last Wednesday at Utah Valley University.

DNA tests by botanist, a ‘confession’ & a missing witness—2 acquitted by SC in minor’s rape-murder

The Supreme Court has set aside the death penalty of the main accused, and the jail sentence of another suspect in the 2014 POCSO case.

Execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen postponed after govt intervenes

Yemeni officials say postponement gives Priya’s family more time to negotiate a ‘mutually agreeable solution’. They add that GOI has made ‘concerted efforts’ to secure the delay.

Telangana HC upholds death penalty of all 5 convicts in Dilsukhnagar bomb blast case

The death penalty was handed down by the NIA Special Court in 2016. The blast claimed 18 lives and left 131 injured.

West Bengal courts gave 6 death sentences in 6 months for sexual assaults

Judges ruled these cases were ‘rarest of rare’ for the savage nature of the rapes and murders perpetrated on girls.

Trial held in absence of death-row convict. What led SC to acquit UP man

The man was sentenced to death for killing his wife & daughter. Ordering a retrial in the 2014 case, court said even those accused of most heinous crimes are entitled to protection of law.

Death penalty in Sharon Raj murder case, life term to RG Kar rape-murder convict? Here’s why

Both courts acknowledged that death penalty can only be granted in 'rarest of rare' cases.

China threatens death penalty for ‘diehard’ Taiwan separatists

China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has made no secret of its dislike of President Lai Ching-te who took office last month.

‘Blatantly erroneous’ — how 56 death sentences in 14 months defied latest Supreme Court guidelines

From not seeking mental health reports of convicts to ignoring mitigating factors, many trial courts have sidestepped Supreme Court’s guidelines while awarding the death penalty.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.