India and the Capital Punishment (Part-II)

India and the Capital Punishment (Part-II)

In the first part of my note on the subject, I had discussed the pointlessness of the demand for the abolition of death penalty in India mainly on two counts – first, the criminal justice system of our country is based on the cardinal principles of humanity and...
India and the Capital Punishment (Part-I)

India and the Capital Punishment (Part-I)

Every time a convict found guilty of capital offense is shown the gallows, the debate over the ethics and legality of capital punishment sparks off generally followed by a well-weighed judiciously worded demand for abolition of death penalty in India. We are all...