Debate On Death Penalty In India

Posted on april 9 2020.

Debate on death penalty in india. While some are in favour of it others give various reasons to abolish it. It admitted that it has arbitrarily imposed the most extreme punishment. Philip smith punishment and culture 187 university of chicago press 2008. Moreover the recent case where six members of a nomadic tribe spent 16 years in prison in maharashtra three of them were on death row for 13 of these years.

Most developed countries with the exception of the united states have abolished the death penalty. Besides the victims parents thousands of other indians and several media too celebrated the. Death penalty debate in india. This nirbhaya case was definitely the rarest of the rare and the four deserved the death penalty kalyan bhaumik advocate supreme court of india tells media india group.

The debate has been revived after the supreme court on tuesday commuted death penalty of 15 convicts on the grounds of inordinate delay and mental illness. Yes india should abolish the death penalty because there are not enough controls in place in india to make sure that it is used appropriately. Death penalty from 2000 2015 supreme court imposed 60 death sentences and subsequently admitted that it had erred in 15 of them. This article has been written by sudhi ranjan bagri from national law institute university bhopal and sarath pursuing a certificate course in advanced criminal litigation trial advocacy at lawsikho this article talks about the ongoing debates on the death penalty provisions in the indian penal code relating to the death penalty and the advantages and disadvantages of granting death penalty.

The debate on the death penalty is a never ending one. But there are several proponents for the death penalty also. Law commission of india 262nd report 2015 at 5 4 11.