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Plea Seeks Removal Of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt's Graves From Tihar Jail Premises
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to remove the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt, who were awarded death penalty and executed in Tihar jail.
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Honeymoon Murder Case: Raja Raghuvanshi's Family Seeks Death Penalty For His Accused Wife Sonam
A day after the Meghalaya police filed a chargesheet in Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi's murder, his family members on Saturday demanded death penalty for his wife Sonam, the prime accused in the case, and four others.
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Supreme Court Overturns Own Death Penalty Order For Rape-Murder Convict
The Supreme Court has said that it can revisit its own verdict of a death sentence if it is convinced that the accused has been condemned to the death penalty without ensuring that the guidelines mandated by the top court were followed.
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"He's Only 28": Family Of Indian-Origin Truck Driver Behind US Crash Call For Light Penalty
The family and the entire village of Indian-origin trucker Harjinder Singh, who is staring at a potential 45-year jail sentence for allegedly causing a deadly crash in the US, is rallying behind him, calling for a lenient punishment.
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Assam Man, Who Killed Woman For Refusing To Marry Him, Sentenced To Death
A court in Assam's Dhemaji on Thursday sentenced a man to death for the brutal murder of a college student in 2021. According to officials, the man had killed the woman for refusing his marriage proposal.
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2 Months After RCB Stampede, Karnataka Assembly Passes 'Crowd Control' Bill
Over two months after the stampede that claimed 11 lives in Bengaluru during the RCB's felicitation ceremony on June 4, the Karnataka Assembly passed a new legislation aimed at ensuring safety at mass gatherings and public events.
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"Judges Should Never Be Bloodthirsty": High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term
Observing that judges should never be "bloodthirsty", the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered the death sentence of a man be commuted to life imprisonment for the murder of his maternal uncle.
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RG Kar Victim's Father Calls Aparajita Bill 'Deceptive,' Accuses Police Of Evidence Tampering
The father of the RG Kar rape and murder victim accused Kolkata Police of tampering with evidence and failing to act in his daughter's case, while reacting to the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill.
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Governor Returns Aparajita Bill To Bengal Government, Trinamool May Protest
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sent back the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the state government.
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Man Who Escaped Jail Raped, Killed 23-Year-Old. All About 2011 Soumya Case
The 2011 Soumya murder case in Kerala is back in focus after convict Govindachamy attempted to escape from a high-security prison.
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NDTV Explains: "Nimisha Priya Must Face 'Qisas'", Says Victim's Brother. What Is This Law?
Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for the murder of Talal Abdo Mehdi - must face 'Qisas', or 'God's law', and nothing else, his brother has insisted.
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'Brutality Of Crime Can't Be Only Yardstick': Top Court On Death Penalty
The Supreme Court has commuted a man's death penalty in a minor's rape and murder case to life in prison without remission.
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Opinion | The Anguish Of Nimisha Priya And The Imperative Of Compassion
Nimisha's story is, sadly, one that epitomises the hopes and vulnerabilities of many Keralites who seek opportunity in distant lands.
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In Race To Save Nimisha Priya, Worried Activist Claims 'We Had Setback'
Efforts to save Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for killing her business partner - may have suffered a setback because of media reports focusing on 'blood money', or cash offered to his family in exchange for a pardon, a social worker sai
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"A Night Of Hearing Made The Difference": How Nurse's Execution Was Delayed
Nimisha Priya Execution in Yemen: By the time the sun rose over Sana'a, a door had opened but just slightly, enough for Nimisha Priya to keep fighting.
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Plea Seeks Removal Of Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhatt's Graves From Tihar Jail Premises
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to remove the graves of terrorists Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhatt, who were awarded death penalty and executed in Tihar jail.
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Honeymoon Murder Case: Raja Raghuvanshi's Family Seeks Death Penalty For His Accused Wife Sonam
A day after the Meghalaya police filed a chargesheet in Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi's murder, his family members on Saturday demanded death penalty for his wife Sonam, the prime accused in the case, and four others.
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Supreme Court Overturns Own Death Penalty Order For Rape-Murder Convict
The Supreme Court has said that it can revisit its own verdict of a death sentence if it is convinced that the accused has been condemned to the death penalty without ensuring that the guidelines mandated by the top court were followed.
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"He's Only 28": Family Of Indian-Origin Truck Driver Behind US Crash Call For Light Penalty
The family and the entire village of Indian-origin trucker Harjinder Singh, who is staring at a potential 45-year jail sentence for allegedly causing a deadly crash in the US, is rallying behind him, calling for a lenient punishment.
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Assam Man, Who Killed Woman For Refusing To Marry Him, Sentenced To Death
A court in Assam's Dhemaji on Thursday sentenced a man to death for the brutal murder of a college student in 2021. According to officials, the man had killed the woman for refusing his marriage proposal.
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2 Months After RCB Stampede, Karnataka Assembly Passes 'Crowd Control' Bill
Over two months after the stampede that claimed 11 lives in Bengaluru during the RCB's felicitation ceremony on June 4, the Karnataka Assembly passed a new legislation aimed at ensuring safety at mass gatherings and public events.
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"Judges Should Never Be Bloodthirsty": High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term
Observing that judges should never be "bloodthirsty", the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court has ordered the death sentence of a man be commuted to life imprisonment for the murder of his maternal uncle.
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RG Kar Victim's Father Calls Aparajita Bill 'Deceptive,' Accuses Police Of Evidence Tampering
The father of the RG Kar rape and murder victim accused Kolkata Police of tampering with evidence and failing to act in his daughter's case, while reacting to the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill.
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Governor Returns Aparajita Bill To Bengal Government, Trinamool May Protest
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sent back the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024 to the state government.
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Man Who Escaped Jail Raped, Killed 23-Year-Old. All About 2011 Soumya Case
The 2011 Soumya murder case in Kerala is back in focus after convict Govindachamy attempted to escape from a high-security prison.
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NDTV Explains: "Nimisha Priya Must Face 'Qisas'", Says Victim's Brother. What Is This Law?
Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for the murder of Talal Abdo Mehdi - must face 'Qisas', or 'God's law', and nothing else, his brother has insisted.
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'Brutality Of Crime Can't Be Only Yardstick': Top Court On Death Penalty
The Supreme Court has commuted a man's death penalty in a minor's rape and murder case to life in prison without remission.
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Opinion | The Anguish Of Nimisha Priya And The Imperative Of Compassion
Nimisha's story is, sadly, one that epitomises the hopes and vulnerabilities of many Keralites who seek opportunity in distant lands.
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In Race To Save Nimisha Priya, Worried Activist Claims 'We Had Setback'
Efforts to save Nimisha Priya - sentenced to death by Yemen for killing her business partner - may have suffered a setback because of media reports focusing on 'blood money', or cash offered to his family in exchange for a pardon, a social worker sai
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"A Night Of Hearing Made The Difference": How Nurse's Execution Was Delayed
Nimisha Priya Execution in Yemen: By the time the sun rose over Sana'a, a door had opened but just slightly, enough for Nimisha Priya to keep fighting.
