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What relief did the Supreme Court of India grant to the death-row petitioners in Shatrughan Chauhan v…

The Court commuted the petitioners’ death sentences to life imprisonment. It treated undue and unexplained delay as a supervening circumstance that can warrant commutation.

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What relief did the Supreme Court of India grant to the death-row petitioners in Shatrughan Chauhan v Union of India (2014)?

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The Court commuted the petitioners’ death sentences to life imprisonment.

It treated undue and unexplained delay as a supervening circumstance that can warrant commutation.

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Option A

The proceedings concerned the execution and commutation of existing death sentences.

Option B

The Court addressed supervening grounds for commutation of death sentences.

Option C

The Court commuted the petitioners’ death sentences to life imprisonment.

Option D

The relief concerned the sentences, after conviction, and did not exclude confessions from the trials.

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