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Is hanging cruel and barbaric? The law, the methods, and the decades-long debate over executions in India

India, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with a "less painful or humane" method of execution, affirming its constitutional validity b... Read More


Police defend 'graded' action on CJP protest

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Delhi Police has defended its use of force against student protesters during the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" protest march, telling the Supreme Court that it resorted to a "graded... Read More


SC: Hanging a valid execution method; open to future review

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with another "less painful or humane" method of execution, holding that no case had been... Read More


Goa seeks life term for Tejpal, moves SC

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Goa government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal's 10-year jail term to life imprisonment, contending that the mini... Read More


Hanging stays as execution mode, sc allows room for review later

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with another "less painful or humane" method of execution, holding that no case had been... Read More


Police defends 'graded' action on CJP protest

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Delhi Police has defended its use of force against student protesters during the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" protest march, telling the Supreme Court that it resorted to a "graded... Read More


Hanging stays as execution mode, sc allows room for review later

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with any other "less painful or humane" method of execution and affirmed the constitutio... Read More


Police defends 'graded' action on CJP protest

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Delhi Police has defended its use of force against student protesters during the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" protest march, telling the Supreme Court that it resorted to a "graded... Read More


Hanging stays as execution mode, sc allows room for review later

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with any other "less painful or humane" method of execution and affirmed the constitutio... Read More


SC: Hanging a valid execution method; open to future review

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with another "less painful or humane" method of execution, holding that no case had been... Read More