[BREAKING] Supreme Court initiates suo motu case to institutionalise process for collection of sentencing information in death penalty cases

A three-judge bench of Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha indicated that the top court would lay down guidelines to be followed by courts across India while considering award of death penalty.

Justice UU lalit, Justice Ravindra bhat and Justice PS Narasimha

Debayan Roy

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Friday initiated a suo motu case to examine and institutionalise process involved in collection of data and information to decide award of sentence in death penalty cases.

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