India 2017
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News on India in 2017
- DECEMBER 12, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
TAMIL NADU (INDIA): 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SUSPECTED HONOUR KILLING OF DALIT MAN
Six persons were sentenced to death by a court in connection with the suspected honour killing of a 22-year old Dalit man in full public view in nearby Udumalpet in March last year.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MADHYA PRADESH ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES BILL AWARDING DEATH PENALTY TO RAPISTS OF GIRLS UNDER AGE 12
Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously approved the bill awarding a death sentence for convicts of rape and gangrape of children below 12 years of age.
NOVEMBER 10, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 3 GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE IN 2014 LONI MAVALA GANGRAPE AND MURDER CASE
A court in Maharashtra awarded the death sentence to three accused involved in the 2014 Loni Mavala gangrape and murder case.
NOVEMBER 7, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAJASTHAN FOR KILLING WOMAN, SON AFTER RAPING HER
A special court in Rajasthan’s Kota sentenced three persons to death for raping a 30-year-old woman and killing her along with her minor son during a robbery in December 2012.
OCTOBER 12, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT REDUCES ’CYANIDE’ MOHAN’S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Karnataka High Court reduced ’Cyanide’ Mohan Kumar’s death penalty to life imprisonment in the rape and murder case of one Anita of Kolimane, Bantwal taluk in 2009.
- OCTOBER 9, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GUJARAT HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR 11 CONVICTS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Gujarat high court commuted the death penalty awarded by a lower court to 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case to life imprisonment.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the President has commuted the death sentences of as Jitu Nainsingh Gehlot, to life imprisonment, against the recommendation of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
the President has commuted the death sentences of as Jitu Nainsingh Gehlot, to life imprisonment, against the recommendation of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
1993 MUMBAI BLASTS VERDICT: TAHIR MERCHANT, FEROZ KHAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY, ABU SALEM GETS LIFE
Tahir Merchant and Feroz Abdul Rashid Khan, two of the accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, were awarded the death sentence by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activity (TADA) Court in Mumbai.
AUGUST 29, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, 3 KIDS
A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow awarded death sentence to a man for killing six persons, including his wife and three children.
JULY 7, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA IMPLEMENTS NEW ANTI-HIJACKING LAW THAT ENTAILS DEATH PENALTY
India's new anti-hijacking law that entails capital punishment for the perpetrators in case of death of any person, has come into force.
- JUNE 29, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DELAY IN EXECUTION OF DEATH ROW CONVICT IS DEHUMANISING: DELHI HC
Delay in the execution of a death row convict after his capital punishment has been confirmed by the highest judicial forum, torments the prisoner, has a dehumanising effect on him and violates the law, the Delhi High Court has said.
- JUNE 23, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ORISSA HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY TO 35 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT
Orissa high court provided relief to five persons, who were convicted in rape and murder of a minor girl in Keonjhar, by commuting death penalty of two of the convicts to 35 years of imprisonment and acquitting the remaining three.
JUNE 19, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NASHIK MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HONOUR KILLING CASE
In a landmark judgment related to "honour killing", the Nashik district sessions court sentenced a man to death for killing his pregnant daughter in 2013 because she had married outside their caste.
- JUNE 18, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT MUKHERJEE REJECTS 2 MORE MERCY PETITIONS; TOTAL 30
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has rejected two more mercy petitions filed by the convicts awarded death punishment.
- JUNE 15, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DOUBLE MURDER
A court in Rae Bareli (UP) awarded death sentence to a man for murdering a middle-aged couple in 2010.
- JUNE 5, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR TRIPLE MURDER
The Namakkal Additional District Court awarded capital punishment to two persons in connection with a triple murder that took place in 2011.
MAY 25, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIVE MAOISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY MUNGER COURT IN BIHAR
A Munger court awarded death sentence to five Maoists after convicting them of murder of two CRPF jawans in an ambush during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.
- MAY 23, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN, SON GET DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE IN UP
A 60-year-old man and his son were sentenced to death in Uttar Pradesh for murdering two persons over a land dispute.
- MAY 9, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR DELHI GANG RAPE
Four men convicted of a gang rape that shocked India and attracted worldwide attention will be executed.
- MAY 9, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NAYNA PUJARI CASE
A Pune special court sentenced three accused to death sentence in kidnapping, gangrape and murder of software engineer Nayna Pujari.
APRIL 11, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 325 DEATH ROW CONVICTS IN THE COUNTRY TILL 2016
As many as 325 death row convicts are lodged in different jails across the country till 2016, the Lok Sabha was informed.
- MARCH 28, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN KIDNAP-CUM-MURDER CASE
Terming it as the rarest of the rare case, the judge Rajesh Bhardwaj pronounced the judgement and ordered that the accused Monu alias Chander Prakash and Nitu be hanged till death.
MARCH 22, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LAW COMMISSION RECOMMENDS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY, EXCEPT IN TERROR CASES
The Law Commission has recommended that the death penalty be abolished for all crimes except those related to terrorism, Rajya Sabha was informed.
MARCH 21, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING KERALA FAMILY
A 30-year-old migrant worker convicted of murdering his employer and his parents in Kerala’s Kottayam district has been handed the death sentence.
- MARCH 1, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA SENTENCED TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE TO DEATH IN 2016 THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR
Sessions courts handed down nearly twice as many death sentences in 2016 as compared to 2015,
- FEBRUARY 15, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF DALIT
27 years after a Dalit man was burnt alive by some upper caste men in Hathras, in the Indian state of Uttar
- FEBRUARY 10, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE AND MURDER IN MADHYA PRADESH
A court in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh awarded capital punishment to a man for raping a woman,
- JANUARY 21, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BANGAON COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCES TO 3 TERRORISTS
Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives were sentenced to death by a Bengal court.
- JANUARY 19, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 3 YOUTHS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HARYANA FOR GANGRAPE, MURDER OF 9-YEAR-OLD
Three youths were sentenced to death by a fast-track court in Haryana for the gang rape and killing of a
- JANUARY 15, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT CONVERTS 4 TRIBALS’ DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE TERMS
President Pranab Mukherjee has disposed of all mercy petitions of death penalties pending before him till