Tag: Death-penalty

Trying to delay the inevitable, Centre to Supreme Court on Delhi gang-rape convict’s review petition.

Source – hindustantimes.com There were demands of showing no mercy to Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four convicts awaiting death penalty in connection with the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case, during the hearing on his review petition. The Solicitor General, opposing any leniency to Akshay, said, “There are crimes when humanity is put

‘Death penalty without appeal not possible in Indian democracy’: Senior lawyers

Source – newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD:  In the light of the growing public demand to impose capital punishment against the four accused in the recent rape and murder of veterinarian in the city,  senior lawyers were of the view that the demand for death penalty in such cases without giving scope for appeal in the higher courts, is not