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By Ritika Jain The year 2022 saw the highest population of inmates on death row in India - a total of 539 prisoners, since 2000 when it was 563, according to a report by an advocacy group that monitors capital punishment. Trial courts last year imposed 165 death sentences, which is the highest in a single year since 2000, the report further revealed. But this increase is sharply influenced by the Ahmedabad blast case where 38 persons were sentenced to death, the report added. The year 2022 also represented a “historic shift” in death penalty jurisprudence where it not only saw the highest numb...
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By Ritika Jain The year 2022 was significant for the Supreme Court of India. With three different chief justices, the SC passed noteworthy orders including issuing guidelines for bail to long-term undertrials, interpretation of the Hindu Succession Act that held a daughter's right to inherit a share of her father's self-acquired property, expanding the scope of a 'vulnerable witness', and reminding the Centre to direct states from charging people with Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000 which has been struck down. The top court also became the battleground for political bat...
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By Archis Chowdhury As protests in Iran continue, social media saw viral posts claiming that the Iranian authorities have sentenced 15,000 protesters to death, as a form of extreme clamp-down. Several prominent handles, including the official Twitter handle of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared this on social media. BOOM found this claim to be false and baseless; while hundreds have lost their lives in clashes between authorities and protesters, according to reports the number 15,000 corresponds to those who have been detained, while only five people been given the death penalty so ...
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