President Pranab Mukherjee recommended commutation of death sentence of Krishna Mochi & 3 others based on the recommendations of the NHRC after ACHR filed a complaint seeking their commutation. View NHRC Order
Tag: Death Penalty
ACHR welcomes commutation of death sentence of Krishna Mochi & others by President Pranab Mukherjee
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the commutation of death sentence of four death row convicts i.e. Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh @ Dharu Singh by President Pranab Mukherjee. They were convicted in the Bara massacre case of 13 February 1993 in Bihar. The State Government […]
In a first, NHRC recommends commutation of death sentence of four death row convicts of the Bara massacre
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to commute the death sentence of four death row convicts i.e. Krishna Mochi, Nanhe Lal Mochi, Bir Kuer Paswan and Dharmendra Singh @ Dharu Singh who were convicted in the Bara […]
The MTP Amendment Bill, 2014: India’s Beti Mar Do Campaign
In its pursuit of introducing India’s civilisational values in the field of medicine, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led Government of India has proposed further amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 in October 2014 to allow AYUSH practitioners (excluding Yoga and Naturopathy), homeopaths, nurses and auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) to conduct […]
CBI to face legal hurdles for extradition from 158 countries despite Law Commission’s recommendations to apply death penalty only in terror cases
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights in its report, “India: Not Safe for Extradition of those facing Death Penalty?” released today stated that despite the Law Commission’s recommendations for speedy abolition of the death penalty from the statute books, except in cases where the accused is convicted of involvement in a terror case, the Central […]
Commutation of Koli’s death sentence a step towards providing timely access to justice to death row convicts
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights welcomed the commutation of death sentence of Surinder Singh Koli, prime accused of the Nithari serial killings, into life imprisonment by the Allahabad High Court today on the grounds of delay of three years and three months as a step towards providing timely access to justice to death row […]