Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 274 · Decided 29 October 1991
SMT. Shashi Nayar v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 274 · [1991] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 103
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1339/1991
- Decided
- 29 October 1991
- Bench
- K.N. SINGH, P.B. SAWANT, N.M. KASLIWAL, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, G.N. RAY (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Constitution Article 32, 226, 21
Headnote
' Constitution of India, 1950: Article 32-Writ petition by wife of condemned prisoner-Capital punishment-Justification of-Hanging by neck-Scientific and less painful. C Co11Stitution of India, 1950:Article 21-Death penal~warding-Not unconstitutional. The petitioner's husband was tried under brother. D The Sessions Judge convicted awarding sentence of death. On appeal, the High Court confirmed the death penalty against which a special leave petition before this Court was filed and same was also dismissed. E The Review Petition filed by him was also dismissed. His mercy petitions
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