death penalty

GG News Bureau Sheopur, 24th July: A trial court in Sheopur has sentenced a 26-year-old man to death for the premeditated murder of his adoptive mother, Usha Devi, last year. The motive behind the heinous crime was to usurp her fixed…

GG News Bureau New Delhi, 6th May: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed objections raised by convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, who argued that their appeals should be heard by a three-judge Bench instead of a two-judge…

GG News Bureau Kolkata, 20th Jan. The sentencing of Sanjay Roy, convicted in the heinous rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, will be announced today by a Kolkata court. The verdict will decide if he…

GG News Bureau New Delhi, 26th Sept. The Supreme Court announced on Thursday that it will hear appeals from the Gujarat government and several convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case on January 15, 2025. A bench comprising Justices…

GG News Bureau Mumbai, 22nd August. The Bombay High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school in Badlapur, near Mumbai. The case has ignited widespread protests across the…

GG News Bureau New Delhi, 27th Feb. The three new criminal laws will go into effect on July 1, 2024, throughout the country, according to a notification released by the Central Government on February 24. The Evidence Act, the Criminal…

GG News Bureau New Delhi, 30th Oct. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met with the family members of eight Indian nationals who were handed down death sentences by a Qatari court. Jaishankar assured the family members that…

Anjali Sharma GG News Bureau UNITED NATIONS, 1st March. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday Mr. Turk called all nations to work harder towards abolishing the death penalty, an ongoing practice in 79 countries, accordimng to a…

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the petition of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq seeking a review of its decision to sentence him to death in the 2000 Red Fort attack, which killed three people, including…

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