In the PIL seeking abolishment of death-by-hanging, the Supreme Court today lamented the Union's opposition to a suggestion that death row convicts be given an option to choose lethal injection as mode of execution.

It was orally expressed that the Union government is not ready to evolve alongwith changes that have taken place over a period of time.

A suggestion was placed before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that the old method of execution by hanging can be replaced with use of lethal injection. Or at least, an option can be given to a condemned prisoner to choose between hanging and lethal injection. However, when it was pointed out from the Union's counter affidavit that giving an option to a convict may not be "feasible" , Justice Mehta remarked,

"Problem

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