SC rejects plea to replace hanging as execution mode

The dismissal of the present writ petition must not be understood as foreclosing future scrutiny. Constitutional interpretation is organic and must remain responsive, both to the evolution of constitutional doctrine and to advances in scientific knowledgeNEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking to repl

Justice Sandeep Mehta says the court’s judgment should not be understood as foreclosing future constitutional scrutiny if compelling scientific, medical or empirical evidence emerges