Supreme Court of India
Shabnam v. Union of India & Ors
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What the Court ordered
We hold that condemned prisoners also have a right to dignity and execution of death sentence cannot be H 11 (1978) 4 sec 494 SHABNAM v.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: c Murder case - Death sentence - Conviction and sentence upheld by Supreme Court- Within a week death warrants issued by Sessions Judge - Writ petition challenging same - Held: Death warrant was signed by the Sessions 0 Judge in haste without exhaustion of remedies available to the convicts - This is impermissible and unwarranted. Death sentence - Procedure to be followed before execution of death sentence - Essential safeguards ~ Sufficient notice to be given to convict before. issuance of death warrant- Warrant must specify exact date and time for execution - Reasonable
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Where later benches applied it
- 2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2024 State of Maharashtra & Ors. v. Pradeep Yashwant Kokade & Anr.
- 2024 Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors.
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