Supreme Court of India
Gurvail Singh @ Gala v. State of Punjab
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We are of the view that the observations made in Sangeet's case (supra) are not warranted.
Judgment, page 8
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Sentence/Sentencing - Competence of Supreme Court to fix a number of years of sentence (with or without remission) when the Court commutes death sentence to life imprisonment - Supreme Court awarded 30 years imprisonment without remission to the petitioner after commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment - Writ petition filed seeking directing to convert the sentence of 30 years without remission to a sentence of life imprisonment - Relying on the judgment passed in Sangeet case also sought declaration that Supreme Court is not competent to fix a particular number of years (with or
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