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National Legal Editor, Hindustan Times Past: CNN-News18, Indian Express, Press Trust of India
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Is hanging cruel and barbaric? The law, the methods, and the decades-long debate over executions in India

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By Utkarsh Anand Verified
| Hindustan Times Verified
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with a “less painful or humane” method of execution, affirming its constitutional validity but leaving the door open for Centre to examine alternatives in the future. Article 21 of the Constitution lays down that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
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Goa govt moves SC seeking life term for Tejpal in '13 rape case

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By Utkarsh Anand Verified
| HT Syndication
Goa govt moves SC seeking life term for Tejpal in '13 rape case New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Goa government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking life term for former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, calling the Bombay high court's 10-year sentence "grossly disproportionate" to the gravity of the rape offences committed by him against a junior colleague in 2013.P11 Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hindustan Times....
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SC: Hanging a valid execution method; open to future review

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By Utkarsh Anand Verified
| HT Syndication
Posted On: 2026-08-19 Posted By: Utkarsh Anand National Politics Hindustan Times Columnists New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to issue any judicial mandate for replacing hanging with another "less painful or humane" method of execution, holding that no case had been made out for reconsidering the court's 1983 judgment upholding hanging as constitutionally valid.
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