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Delay in executing a death sentence can amount to a violation of the fundamental right to life. Prolonged delays inflict mental agony on convicts as they are left in a state of uncertainty. The Supreme Court has held that excessive delays can render capital punishment cruel and can commute a death sentence to life imprisonment. Various factors contribute to delays, including prolonged judicial processes for trials and appeals, delays in ruling on mercy petitions by the executive, and repeated filing of peti

Author

Mrīgendra Narayan Upadhyay

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