India 2007
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News on India in 2007
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO WOMEN FROM MAHARASHTRA
in India in 2007, the SC upheld death sentences for two women from Maharashtra...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MUMBAI COURTS TOP IN GIVING DEATH PENALTY
of the 25 death penalties handed down by trial courts in India in 2007...
- DECEMBER 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MOTHER, DAUGHTER AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF DOCTOR
at an ad hoc court in Pune, India, Additional Sessions Judge Vilas Patil sentenced a mother and daughter to death for kidnapping and murdering a doctor for a ransom of Rs 25 lakh
- DECEMBER 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA LAWS NOT CHANGED TO ALLOW DEATH PENALTY FOR DOWRY DEATH
the Law Commission in India concluded that Section 304-B on dowry death needs no amendment...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA FOUR AWARDED DEATH IN ROHTAS
four people, charged with the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a minor boy...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCES AWARDED IN ROHTAS
sources said that a fast track court in Sasaram, Rohtas, India...
- DECEMBER 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY AWARDED FOR RAPE
the Supreme Court in Madras, India, commuted the death penalty imposed on a man charged...
- DECEMBER 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH FOR MURDER OF AIDS COUNSELLOR
a local court in Jabalpur, India...
- DECEMBER 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SON
a CRPF deputy commandant, along with three others...
- DECEMBER 18, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER CONVICT
a local court in Satna, India, handed the death penalty to a person on the charge of raping and murdering a minor in 2004.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
India voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- DECEMBER 6, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAOISTS GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING COPS
a local court in Bihar, India, gave capital punishment to five CPI (Maoist) Naxalites for killing three policemen at Gaura village in Banka district two years ago.
- DECEMBER 6, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DHARMAPURI BUS BURNING: HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 3 AIADMK ACTIVISTS
the Madras High Court in India upheld the death sentence awarded to three AIADMK activists in the Dharmapuri bus burning case in which three girl students of a Agricultural University were burnt alive in February 2000.
- DECEMBER 3, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SC STAYS DEATH PENALTY OF ASHFAQ
the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, admitted an appeal filed by
- NOVEMBER 29, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
- NOVEMBER 29, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
TWO FROM ANDHRA PRADESH SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UAE
TWO FROM ANDHRA PRADESH SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UAE
- NOVEMBER 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MERCY PLEAS DELAY COUPLE’S EXECUTION
a husband and wife on death row at the Ambala Central Jail in India had their execution stayed after filing a mercy petition with the President.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
at a local court in India...
at a local court in India, District and Sessions Judge GK Rai sentenced a man to death who was convicted of murdering his daughter and wife
- NOVEMBER 12, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 'ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY POSSIBLE'
as the debate rages over the delay in the execution of Mohammed Afzal for his attacks on Parliament...
- NOVEMBER 3, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE & MURDER
District and Sessions Judge A M Vaidya, in Achalpur, Amravati district, India, sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a mentally-challenged minor girl.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: VASAI MURDER CASE: HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE
the Bombay High Court in India confirmed the death sentence awarded to three people in the 2004 Vasai murder case.
- OCTOBER 31, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FORMER MP ANAND MOHAN APPEALS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
former Lok Sabha member Anand Mohan appealed to the Patna High Court in India against the death sentence awarded to him in connection with the lynching of the then Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah nearly 13 years ago.
- OCTOBER 25, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER ACCUSED
in India, District and Sessions Judge K Somashekhar awarded capital punishment to Ramdas Alias Dasa Bommayya Nayak after convicting him two days earlier.
- OCTOBER 24, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SCRAP DEATH PENALTY: EMINENT CITIZENS
SCRAP DEATH PENALTY: EMINENT CITIZENS
- OCTOBER 18, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINORS
a notorious criminal who killed three girls after raping them was awarded death sentence by the Bhavnagar Joint District Court in India.
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BIHAR COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDERING FATHER
a fast track court in Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, India, awarded the death penalty to a man for killing his own father, court sources said.
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DOMESTIC HELP GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Vidya Shankar Patel, the Additional District Judge (IV) of Kanpur City in India...
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
LAW COMMISION: DOWRY DEATH DOESN’T DESERVE DEATH SENTENCE
LAW COMMISION: DOWRY DEATH DOESN’T DESERVE DEATH SENTENCE
- OCTOBER 5, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR TRIPLE MURDER
a court in Vadodara, India, sentenced a man to death in a triple murder case...
- OCTOBER 4, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: JUDGES DIFFER ON DEATH SENTENCE FOR UMESH REDDY
the Karnataka High Court in India delivered a split verdict on a lower court order sentencing notorious criminal Umesh Reddy to death for murder and rape.