Supreme Court upholds execution by hanging as constitutionally valid while permitting the Centre to examine alternative methods through an expert committee.
Read Full ArticleLebanon's parliament voted on August 11 to abolish the death penalty, making it the first Arab country to formally end capital punishment. Death sentences will be replaced with life imprisonment and hard labour. The bill now awaits cabinet and presidential approval. Hezbollah walked out of the session in protest.
Syria's Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher, and cousin Atef Najib to death on August 11, 2026, for murder, torture and crimes against humanity. Assad and Maher were tried in absentia from Moscow, where Russia has refused to extradite them.
Pune POCSO Court sentenced a 65-year-old to death for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old, holding he had “passed the stage of reformation.”
Madurai court sentences 9 police personnel to death in Sathankulam custodial death case of Jayaraj and Bennix, calling it “rarest of rare.”
Kerala High Court overturns death sentence, acquits migrant worker in rape-murder case citing failure to assess key witness’s competence and flawed investigation.
SC declines plea for media gag on Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya case, says only govt will speak; her Yemen death sentence remains suspended.
SC commutes death penalty to life without remission, citing mental health issues and possibility of reform in 2017 Ballari family murder case.
MP High Court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment in child rape-murder case, citing convict’s age and possibility of rehabilitation.
Calcutta HC commutes death penalty of 58-year-old man in rape-murder of minor to life imprisonment without remission for 20 years, citing age, no past crime.
SC rejects plea by Godhra case convicts seeking 3-judge bench; says 2-judge bench valid as HC had commuted death penalty to life imprisonment.
SC spares man from death for killing wife, 4 kids, orders life till last breath; cites good conduct, mental health, yet upholds rape and murder conviction.
SC acquits man sentenced to death for 2014 rape-murder of a 23-year-old software engineer, citing lack of conclusive evidence and gaping holes in prosecution’s case.
SC directs Centre to decide by March 18 on Balwant Singh Rajoana’s mercy plea in the 1995 assassination case of Punjab CM Beant Singh.
SC emphasizes courts must explicitly delineate inferences from circumstantial evidence before convicting, ensuring an unbroken chain proves guilt.
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