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Death Penalty: SC Rejects Centre's Plea For Laying Down Victim, Society-Centric Guidelines

The bench made it clear that it is not keen to entertain the plea and will dismiss it.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain an application filed by the Centre for laying down victim and society-centric guidelines in heinous offence cases where a death penalty was awarded. The matter came up for hearing before a bench led by Justice Vikram Nath and comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria. The bench made it clear that it is not keen to entertain the plea and will dismiss it.

"We do not find any merit in this MA (miscellaneous application)," said the bench. In January 2020, the Centre had moved the application in the top court. The a

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