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Supreme Court: Cannot Rule Out Possibility of Reformation(18.12.2024)

Supreme Court while converting the death penalty of a convict guilty of sexual assault and murder of a child to an imprisonment sentence, has observed.....

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SC: Death Penalty in Rarest of Rare Case Required Only if No Chance of Reformation(22.03.2023)

Supreme Court has observed that ‘rarest of rare’ doctrine requires that death sentence not be imposed only by taking into account grave nature of crim.....

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Delhi HC: Punishment for a Crime Also Must Have its Limits(10.07.2025)

Delhi High Court has stated that the punishment for a crime also must have its limits, lest the punishment in itself became wrong, being non-productiv.....

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Cal. HC: Nature and Gravity of Offence Not the Only Criteria for Imposition of Death Penalty(11.09.2023)

Calcutta High Court while observing that nature and gravity of offence is not the only criteria on which imposition of death penalty depends, has held.....

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Delhi HC Directs for Reformation and Rehabilitation Plan of POCSO Convict(04.03.2020)

Delhi High Court has directed the Superintendent of Tihar jail to prepare an appropriate rehabilitation programme for the convict under Protection of .....

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SC: Blanket Exclusion of Certain Offences from Scope of Remission is Against Ideals of Reformation(25.09.2023)

Supreme Court has held that blanket exclusion of certain offences, from the scope of grant of remission, especially by way of an executive policy, is .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Exclusion, Remission, Reformation