Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 110 · Decided 18 February 2014
V. Sriharan @ Murugan v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 110 · [2014] 1 S.C.R. 1093
- Case number
- TRANSFERRED CASE (CRIMINAL) No. 1/2012
- Decided
- 18 February 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 72, 161
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: A B c Art. 21 rlw Art. 721161- Delay in execution of death sentence - Delay of 11 years in decision of mercy petition under Art. 72 - Held: Exorbitant delay in disposal of mercy petition renders the process of execution of death sentence and, therefore, 0 inexecutable -- Furthermore, such imprisonment, occasioned by inordinate delay in disposal of mercy petitions, is beyond the sentence accorded by the court and to that extent is extra­ legal and excessive -- The unreasonable delay caused qualifies as the supervening
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