What was the subject of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shatrughan Chauhan v Union of India, (2014) 3…
The Supreme Court considered whether supervening circumstances made it unlawful to execute the existing sentences. It commuted the petitioners’ death sentences to life…
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What was the subject of the Supreme Court’s decision in Shatrughan Chauhan v Union of India, (2014) 3 SCC 1?
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The Supreme Court considered whether supervening circumstances made it unlawful to execute the existing sentences. It commuted the petitioners’ death sentences to life imprisonment, taking account of circumstances including undue delay in dealing with mercy petitions.
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Giving false evidence was not the subject of the petitions.
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The petitions addressed enforcement of death sentences after conviction, rather than the ingredients of waging war.
Option C
The Court reviewed supervening circumstances affecting execution and commuted the petitioners’ death sentences to imprisonment for life.
Option D
The decision reviewed circumstances arising after sentence, including delay in disposing of mercy petitions.
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