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It does not interfere with the power under Article 72/161 of the Constitution of India. Following this decision, the Division Benches of this Court, in the cases of Pradeep Yashwant Kokade Vs. Union of India and Ors.2 and Purshottam Dashrath Borate Vs.
- Introduction
- Turning The Pages of History : First Women to Get Death Penalty in India
- Story of Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit
- Shabnam Ali : A Common Name in The Subject Matter of The Death Penalty
- Reconsidering Death Penalty
- Conclusion
- References
The number of individuals executed in India since 1947 is a point of contention. Official government data state that only 57 people have been executed since 1947. However, information from other sources suggests that the official government estimates are inaccurate and that the true number of executions in India could be in the thousands. Rattan Ba...
Rattan Bai Jain, the first woman executed in independent India, was hanged on 3 January 1955 at Tihar Jail. Rattan Bai Jain was hanged in 1955 for poisoning three girls and killing them. She worked as the manager of a sterility clinic and had murdered the girls who were employees at her clinic over suspicion that they were having affairs with her h...
Lack of media coverage and authentic electronic sources have been successful in throwing dust in the eyes of common people when it comes to knowing about Seema Gavit and Renuka Shinde, women who were awarded the death penalty by Kolapur Sessions Court and later by the Bombay High Court. In the chain of crimes perpetrated by these appellants, they w...
Shabnam Ali, a death row inmate in Uttar Pradesh, is on her way to becoming the first woman to be executed in independent India. Shabnam is set to be hanged in the Mathura jail in Uttar Pradesh, which is the country’s only prison with a special execution room for women offenders. The Amroha Sessions Court is yet to issue the death warrant, which wi...
A death sentence is inherently irreversible. When a death sentence is carried out, the convict’s life is taken away from him or her. If it is later discovered that such a sentence was not merited, it will be of little benefit because that person’s life cannot be restored. As a result, the Supreme Court in the discussed case believed that any method...
This case is significant as it demonstrated that equality still exists in Indian society. Regardless of who committed the crime, how they committed it, or why they did it, a person, irrespective of gender, must face the consequences of their actions. However, the Supreme Court’s approval of the death penalty of the accused without examining the acc...
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This is a case analysis of a renowned case, R.K. Jain Vs Union of India & Ors. (1993), which was a Writ Petition in the form of a P.I.L. The case has been summarized and analyzed under the ...
Nov 11, 2019 · This article analyses the Supreme Court’s stance on the right to privacy in the PUCL Case, which was upheld in the 2017 landmark judgment by the nine-judge bench in KS Puttaswamy v. Union of India (SC, 2017) (Puttaswamy Case) that declared privacy a fundamental right.
Renuka Bai and Seema are Anjana Bai's daughters. Renuka has a son Ashish. They all lived in the same house. The two sisters are professional robbers. Renuka was caught red handed once while stealing a purse. But, accompanied by Ashish, she cried foul and claimed that the victim had grabbed her hand
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May 14, 1993 · The union was directed to file written application setting out the grounds on which the claim for privilege is founded and directed the Registry to return the sealed envelop as the Solicitor General expressed handicap to make precise claim of the privilege for want of file.
