Tag: Criminal Procedure Code

Nirbhaya case: Agonising wait must end as finality of death penalty is important.

source:- tribuneindia.com Death penalty has been held to be a valid form of punishment in India by the Supreme Court. But can convicts inordinately delay their execution by using procedural loopholes in the law? The question is being asked in view of delay in execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape

Gujarat High Court stays contempt proceedings against Madhya Pradesh officials in 2008 serial blasts case

Source: dnaindia.com The Gujarat High CourtтАЩs single judge bench of Justice SH Vora has stayed a special court, which is hearing the 2008 serial blasts case, from initiating contempt proceedings against Madhya Pradesh government officials for not shifting 10 serial blasts accused from a jail in MP to Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad. The court