Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 210 · Decided 9 November 1984
Javed Ahmed Abdul Hamid Pawala v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 210 · [1985] 2 S.C.R. 8
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 972/1984
- Decided
- 9 November 1984
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136, 32, 21
Headnote
Constitution of lndia-Article 2I-Scope of-Protection of Art. 21 can be invoked by a person awaiting execution of sentence of death for corrrmutfng death sentence into imprison1nelit for life if there is delay exceeding twa years in the ex· ecution of sentence of death. Practice&: purport to overrule deciJion of a Division Bench of two Judges. The petitioner was convicted and sentenced to death by the Sessions Juage on 6. 2. 1982 . The High Court confirme<j the sentence of death on 29/30. 4. 1982. An appeal preferred by the petitioner to this Court under Art. 136 of the
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