Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Due to Delay in Execution: State of Maharashtra vs. Pradeep Yashwant Kokade (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether undue delay in executing a death sentence warrants its commutation to life imprisonment. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: State of Maharashtra & Ors. vs. Pradeep Yashwant Kokade & Anr. [Judgment Date]: 9 December […]
Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence in Child Rape and Murder Case: Ravishankar vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the death penalty should be upheld in a case of child rape and murder based on circumstantial evidence. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: Ravishankar @ Baba Vishwakarma vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Supreme Court Commutes Death Penalty in Rape and Murder Case: Raju Jagdish Paswan vs. State of Maharashtra (2019) Date of the Judgment: January 17, 2019 Citation: Raju Jagdish Paswan v. State of Maharashtra, Criminal Appeal Nos. 88-89 of 2019 (Arising out of SLP (Crl.) Nos.5422-5423 of 2013) Judges: S.A. Bobde, J., L. Nageswara Rao, J.,
