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Apr 10, 2017 · “A sentence of imprisonment for life means a sentence for the entire life of the prisoner unless the Appropriate Government chooses to exercise its discretion to remit either the whole or a part of the sentence under section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure”.
Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted criminals are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives (or until pardoned, paroled, or commuted to a fixed term). Crimes that warrant life imprisonment are extremely serious and usually violent.
Sep 13, 2022 · Life imprisonment is a legal penalty that is authorised by governments all over the world as a way to punish criminals for the rest of their lives. Due to a significant shift in punitive policie s during the previous ten years, the world has moved away from the practice of the death penalty.
Apr 21, 2021 · Section 53 of the Indian Penal Code mentions the list of punishments given to criminal offenders. One of such offences is life imprisonment. This is the second most rigorous punishment in India. A sentence of imprisonment for life exists for grave offences such as murder, rape, blasphemy, etc.
3 days ago · The Supreme Court recently highlighted the circumstances under which a convict undergoing life imprisonment can be granted suspension of sentence [Bhupatji Sartajji Jabraji Thakor v. State of Gujarat]. A vacation bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan said that for sentences imposed for a fixed term, the court may suspend the sentence ...
Life imprisonment occupies an important place in India’s criminal justice system.1 An estimated 55.8 percent of India’s convict population is undergoing a sentence of life imprisonment.2. * The author completed his B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from NUJS (2011) and LL.M. from Harvard Law School (2018).
Nov 24, 2021 · Though life imprisonment in India means imprisonment for the whole remaining life of the convict, the government has the power to commute the sentence once the prisoner has spent at least 14 years in jail. By Justice Mirror Staff. November 24, 2021.
