Supreme Court Clarifies Sentencing Powers of Constitutional Courts in Modified Life Sentences - Constitutional Courts Can Impose Fixed-Term Sentences Without Death Penalty Commutation. Power to impose modified punishment including fixed-term incarceration or life imprisonment without remission is derived from Indian Penal Code, 1860, and can be exercised by High Courts and Supreme Court based on offence gravity and relevant factors, not limited to death penalty commutation cases.
28 Mar 2023The Supreme Court addressed an appeal concerning the sentence for an offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, where the appellant had...
