Godhra train burning: SC to hear pleas against HC order on February 13The Supreme Court of India has scheduled February 13 for the final hearing of appeals in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. The Gujarat go...
16 Jan, 2025, 05.07 PM IST
Godhra carnage case: No more adjournments, next hearing on January 15; Supreme Court saysThe Supreme Court will hear appeals on January 15 from the Gujarat government and convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. The Gujar...
26 Sep, 2024, 06.54 PM IST
561 inmates on death row, highest in two decades: ReportA report by Project 39A at National Law University, Delhi reveals a concerning rise in death row inmates in India, reaching a two-decade hi...
10 Feb, 2024, 06.17 PM IST
SC grants bail to eight accused in 2002 Godhra train coach-burning caseThe Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to eight accused persons in connection with the 2002 Godhra train coach-burning case. The court, o...
21 Apr, 2023, 02.08 PM IST
Godhra train burning case: SC to hear pleas of Gujarat govt, convicts on March 24The bench noted that a large number of bail applications have been filed before it in the case and said, "It has been agreed that the AORs ...
17 Mar, 2023, 07.20 PM IST
165 death sentences by trial courts in 2022, highest since 2000: ReportTrial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a repor...
30 Jan, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
Gujarat trial courts sentence 50 people to death in 8 months this yearFifty six people were killed and more than 200 injured in a series of blasts that ripped Ahmedabad in 2008. Besides this case, the trial co...
19 Sep, 2022, 01.11 PM IST
Sober truths about curbing drunkennessLeniency may cut pendency of cases, but will it make drunks turn abstemious?
16 Oct, 2018, 11.02 PM IST
Bootleggers may face death penalty in Uttar Pradesh as governor gives nod to billUP now becomes the third state after Delhi and Gujarat to have an Act under which bootleggers may be sent to the gallows, if consumption of...
08 Jan, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
Gulberg verdict: SIT to approach High Court on 'lenient' sentencingA special court here today sentenced 11 convicted in the massacre, to life imprisonment till death if state does not exercise power to remi...
17 Jun, 2016, 05.06 PM IST
Three in four death row convicts from vulnerable sections: ReportThe ‘Death Penalty India Report’, released in Delhi on Friday, does not allege direct discrimination against prisoners from such background.
07 May, 2016, 04.11 PM IST
Death sentence rate highest in Delhi, Jammu & KashmirA person convicted of murder in Delhi or Jammu & Kashmir has the highest probability of being handed the death penalty than anywhere else i...
09 Sep, 2015, 11.30 AM IST
Do not seek death for Maya Kodnani: Gujrat GovernmentGuj govt has refused permission to the SC-appointed SIT to file an appeal in a higher court seeking death penalty for ex-minister Maya Kodn...
16 Sep, 2013, 04.50 AM IST
- Withdraw all appeals for death penalty in Gujarat riot cases: Vishwa Hindu Parishad
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has now demanded withdrawal of all appeals seeking death penalty in other riot cases as well.
14 May, 2013, 09.26 PM IST
Naroda Patia case: Gujarat government withholds death appeal for Maya Kodnani, Babu BajrangiThe Gujarat government had earlier sanctioned an appeal by the SIT seeking death for Kodnani and Bajrangi in the case.
14 May, 2013, 01.35 PM IST
- A 'true patriot' should become next Prime Minister, says VHP leader Acharya Dharmendra
Acharya Dharmendra today said he wants "a true patriot" to occupy the country's top post after the next elections.
28 Apr, 2013, 06.27 PM IST
Decision to seek death for Kodnani attack on Hindus: Shiv Sena"There is a feeling that Modi is a protector of Hindus. Seeking death penalty for Kodnani and Bajrangi is a deadly attack on Hindus."
20 Apr, 2013, 05.01 PM IST