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Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 1 S.C.R. 609
Bench P. Sathasivam, Ranjan Gogoi and Shiva Kirti Singh JJ.
Decided 21 January 2014

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the petitioners have made out a case for commutation of sentence.

Judgment, page 130

From the headnote

Mercy jurisprudence: Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 721161 - Commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment - Effect of supervening circumstances - Held: c Undue long delay in execution of sentence of death entitle the condemned prisoner to approach Supreme Court u/Article 32 - However, Supreme Court will only examine the circumstances surrounding the delay that has occurred and · those that have ensued after sentence was finally confirmed by the judicial process - Supreme Court would not reopen the conclusion already reached but may consider the question of inordinate delay -

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 6 relied on · 1 distinguished · 8 referred to · 6 mentioned

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