Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 46 · Decided 21 January 2014
Shatrughan Chauhan & ANR. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 46 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 609
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 55/2013
- Decided
- 21 January 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Constitution Article 721161
Headnote
Mercy jurisprudence: Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 721161 - Commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment - Effect of supervening circumstances - Held: A B c Undue long delay in execution of sentence of death entitle D the condemned prisoner to approach 32 - However, Supreme Court will only examine the circumstances surrounding the delay that has occurred and · those that have ensued after sentence was finally confirmed by the judicial process - Supreme Court would not reopen the conclusion already reached but may consider the question
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