Deepika Padukone’s pregnant character in Jawan gets five-year relief from hanging. In real life, a judge told Shabnam Ali: 'You are also a mother. But you didn't show any mercy.’
The letters are part of a new online exhibition curated by Project 39A and ReFrame. It is an attempt to bridge some of the differences between ‘ordinary people’ and ‘prisoners’.
Panel has submitted 5 reports on jail administration, one being related to condition of death row inmates. It says to confine them in solitary cells breaches a 1978 SC judgment.
In a 1988 case of a man accused of murdering his 2nd wife while on bail for murdering his 1st wife, Karnataka HC notes delays in processing his mercy petition & other procedural lapses.
While he had not raised claim of juvenility during trial, convict in 2018 filed application in top court under Section 9 (2) of Juvenile Justice Act to highlight this point.
SC confirmed Mohammad Arif’s sentence in 2000 Red Fort attack case Thursday. His petition led to a 2014 judgment that resulted in multiple commutations of death row & acquittals.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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