Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 45 · Decided 7 February 1989
SMT. Triveniben & -ORS. v. State of Gujarat & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 45 · [1989] 1 S.C.R. 509
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1566/1986
- Decided
- 7 February 1989
- Bench
- G.L. OZA, K.N. SINGH, M.M. DUTT, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY, L.M. SHARMA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120; CrPC Section 413, 414, 354(3); Constitution Article 32
Headnote
A B Constitution of India, 1950: Article 32-Death sentence-Undue long delay in execution-When justifies commutation to life imprisonment-Whether Supreme Court can reopen the conclusions reached by the court sentencing the prisoner-Earlier judgment of c Court-Whether can be challenged on ground of disposal of-Necessity for. Art. 20( 1)-Death sentence-Securing convict in prison until execution of sentence-Whether amounts to double jeopardy. D Art. 21-'-Person sentenced to death-Inordinate delay in execu­ tion of sentence-Whether amounts to mental torture-Necessity for
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