Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Replace Hanging with ‘Less Painful’ Death Penalty Methods:
In a significant ruling on capital punishment, the Supreme Court of India has formally dismissed a petition seeking to replace the traditional method of death by hanging with supposedly less painful alternatives, such as lethal injection, electrocution, or gas chambers. A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta upheld the constitutional validity of execution … Read more