death penalty
- India
Yasin Malik death penalty plea: HC judge recuses himself
New Delhi: Delhi High Court judge Amit Sharma on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking the death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik in…
- World
Global use of death penalty at highest level since 2015: Amnesty
Berlin: The use of the death penalty has reached its highest level worldwide since 2015, London-based human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Some 1,153 people were executed in 2023 across…
- Telangana
Telangana: Man gets death penalty in 9 yr old boy’s kidnap, murder case
Hyderabad: A court in Mahabubabad district on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for kidnapping a nine-year-old boy for ransom and murdering him in October 2020. The district sessions court judge…
- India
Godhra train burning case: Gujarat govt seeks death penalty for 11 in SC
New Delhi: The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will press for the death penalty to 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, as it was…
