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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
TopicDeath sentence

Topic: Death sentence

Are courts awarding too many death sentences? 539 convicts on death row in 2022, highest in 17 yrs

A look at judgments shows that trial courts often award death penalty without adhering to SC guidelines & precedents, and that 'rarest of rate' criterion is inconsistently understood.

‘Murderer’s mom’—Not just the prisoner, their family also goes on death row in India

Life of Indian families with a prisoner on death row stops on its tracks. It will 'start again only when he comes back…or goes away forever'.

‘False evidence, tainted cops’: Why 15 HC verdicts freed 30 death row convicts last year

6 different HCs pulled up investigators for ‘manufactured’ FIRs & coached witnesses, prosecutor for hiding evidence, and lower court for using 'vaishi darinda' in judgment.

6 Islamist militants in Bangladesh get death penalty for killing gay rights activist

Xulhaz Mannan, an editor of Bangladesh’s first gay rights magazine, and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy were hacked to death by the militants in April 2016.

Batla House convict Ariz Khan gets death penalty for murder of Delhi cop MC Sharma

The court also imposed a total fine of Rs 11 lakh against Ariz in the case and said Rs 10 lakh should be immediately released to Sharma's family.

Consider making death penalty a punishment for corruption, Madras HC tells Centre

Madras High Court says corruption is deep-rooted, has spread like cancer, and, therefore, the punishment needs to be made more stringent.

‘Rarest of rare’ — history of death penalty in India and crimes that call for hanging

Four convicts in 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case are to be hanged at 5.30 am Friday. This is the first time that four convicts will be hanged together on the same platform.

Why it’s wrong to question ‘delay’ in hanging of convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case

Those clamouring for immediate hanging forget that it's not just the prisoners on death row who can file a mercy plea – anyone can do so on their behalf.

Pakistan court annuls Musharraf’s death penalty, calls tribunal’s ruling ‘unconstitutional’

The Lahore High Court ruled that the treason case against former Pakistan PM Pervez Musharraf was not prepared in accordance with the law.

All 4 convicts of 16 December gang rape will be hanged together in a row — a first in India

A hangman from Meerut will execute the 16 December convicts in Tihar jail, where the platform has been renovated and the well deepened and widened.

On Camera

Why China targets Arunachal citizens — and how Nehru, Patel and Khathing saw it coming

After the illegal detention of Prema Wangjom Thongdok at Shanghai airport, China once again fell back on a deliberate playbook it has used for decades.

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

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.