Tag: convicts

Bombay High Court urged to strike balance between rights of convicts and victim’s family

Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: Opposing the petitions filed by two death row prisoners, the Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court to strike a balance between the rights of the convicts, the family of the victim and also the collective conscience of the society. The duo have urged the HC to commute their death

BPO employee rape and murder case: Convicts object to death sentence, Bombay high court asks state, Centre to file responses

Source: hindustantimes.com The Bombay high court (HC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Central and state governments, after two men convicted for the rape and murder of a Pune BPO employee in 2007 filed separate petitions seeking to halt their execution and commute their sentence to life imprisonment. Purushottam Borate and Pradeep Kokade have

Clemency question: The Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

Source- thehindu.com After failing to get the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case released by exercising its statutory power to remit life sentences, the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu has taken recourse to a possible constitutional remedy. It has decided to invoke the Governor’s clemency power under Article 161 of the Constitution. The earlier attempt in