Death penalty | SC admits govt. plea seeking ‘victim and society centric’ guidelines:
[1/31, 15:15] Sekarreporter 1: The application comes in the aftermath of the four Nirbhaya convicts separately and repeatedly approaching the courts for one relief or the other
The Supreme Court on Friday admitted the government’s plea to issue some “victim and society centric” guidelines to prevent delay in execution of condemned people in death penalty cases, but added the rider that it would not consider any plea to alter past judgments or existing rights of death row prisoners.
The government’s application delves on the point that the legal process leading finally to the actual execution of the condemned man is labyrinthine and susceptible to be misused by the convict to prolong the day of execution. Delay is a ground for commutation of death penalty. The long-winded process and consequent delay renders stale the expectation of the victim’s family and society for justice.
