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- The fulcrum of the SC verdict is that undue, inordinate and unreasonable delay in the execution of a death sentence amounts to torture, which violates Article 21 and so qualifies as grounds for the commutation of the sentence. The court ruled that even death-row prisoners are entitled to fundamental rights until their last breath.
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Nov 17, 2022 · In 2000, Nailini’s death sentence was commuted to life on the intervention of Sonia Gandhi (Rajiv Gandhi’s wife and former Congress president). In 2014, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three others to life and in 2018, the Tamil Nadu government recommended to the Governor that the convicts be released.
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Nov 11, 2022 · The Supreme Court in a majority order sentenced her to death but in 2000, the sentence was commuted to life following a plea by Sonia Gandhi, Rajiv’s wife.
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Nov 11, 2022 · In 2000, on the intervention of Sonia Gandhi (Rajiv Gandhi’s wife and former Congress president), Nalini’s death sentence was commuted to life. In 2014, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three others, including Perarivalan, to life.
Nov 13, 2022 · Sriharan was earlier sentenced to death by a court due to the grave nature of her crime, but the sentence was changed to life imprisonment a few years later. Nalini's husband V Sriharan alias Murugan - a co-convict - is a Sri Lankan national, whose fate will be decided by the Tamil Nadu government.
However, in 2000, her death sentence commuted to life imprisonment after Rajiv Gandhi’s widow and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi pleaded for clemency for the sake of Nalini’s daughter who was born in prison.
Upon the intervention of Rajiv Gandhi's widow and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who petitioned for clemency for the sake of Nalini's daughter in 2000, the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Nalini was treated as a class 'A' convict from 10 September 1999 till the privilege was withdrawn in May 2010 after a mobile phone was ...
Feb 12, 2021 · The Supreme Court in a majority order sentenced her to death (the dissenting judge was Justice K T Thomas, who headed the Bench). In 2000, the sentence was commuted to life following a plea by Sonia Gandhi, Rajiv’s wife.
