Supreme Court Upholds Hanging as Execution Method, Leaves Scope For Future Review
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to direct the government to replace hanging with another method of execution, but clarified that the existing practice can be reconsidered in light of future scientific and technological developments. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said there was no ground to revisit the Supreme Court’s 1983 … Read more