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Malaysia to abolish the death penalty for all crimes
Malaysia’s Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has agreed to abolish death penalty for all crimes and halt pending executions. This decision was taken in pursuance of strong domestic opposition to colonial practice for being barbarous and unimaginably cruel ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018
Death penalty should stay: 12 out of 14 states/UTs
The 12 out of 14 states/UTs have replied to Home Ministry that capital punishment or death penalty should stay, as it serves to act as deterrent in cases of heinous crimes such as murder and rape. The Home Ministry had ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Rajasthan passes bill for death penalty for child rape of girls below 12
Rajasthan Assembly has passed Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 by voice vote to amend Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 to add provisions providing for death penalty for those convicted of raping girls of 12 years and below. The bill ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Supreme Court moves away from death penalty
The Supreme Court has moved away from death penalty (capital punishment) after it commuted the death sentence of a youth for raping and killing a seven-year-old girl with the Special Category of Punishment. The apex court in its judicial innovation ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2016
Tripura Legislative Assembly passes resolution on abolishing death penalty
Tripura Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution for abolishing death penalty and to provide imprisonment up to death in case of heinous crimes. The resolution to send a proposal in this regard to Union Government was forwarded by Congress ..