Mamata unhappy with RG Kar verdict
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today voiced her dissatisfaction with the court’s verdict in the RG Kar rape and murder case.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today voiced her dissatisfaction with the court’s verdict in the RG Kar rape and murder case.
Indonesia is likely to consider accelerating the execution of the death penalty for prisoners convicted of drug offences to create a stronger deterrent effect, a senior minister said on Thursday.
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the ‘Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) 2024’, providing for a mandatory death penalty for the crime of rape and murder, on Tuesday.
India said it was exploring all legal options and would take up the verdict with the authorities concerned.
"I want Atiq's empire to end, I don't want him to be alive. I urge the court to give him a death sentence," Umesh Pal's widow Jaya Pal said.
The Death Penalty India Report comes as a rude shock. Principles of custodial care remain theoretical for the death-row prisoners, although it is obligatory for the police to take care of their well-being and health. It is fervently to be hoped that the findings of the report will prompt the prison administrators and policy makers to sit up and take notice and thus effect meaningful interventions to ensure the right of the undertrials to have an effective justice delivery system in the country
Cabinet has made punishment more stringent for committing sexual crimes against children and approved amendments to the POCSO Act.
Sheikh Samir had escaped police custody in 2014 during transit when being taken to Mumbai in connection with a trial in a different case in Maharashtra.
Yashpal Singh was given death penalty whereas, Naresh Sehrawat was awarded life imprisonment for killing Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh in south Delhi's Mahipalpur during the riots.
The Saudis had presented conflicting stories about the journalist's death, initially denying any knowledge before arguing that a group of rogue operators were responsible for his death.
