The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed in 2017 by senior advocate Rishi Malhotra that sought to replace hanging with methods such as lethal injection. The bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta ruled on Tuesday without precluding executive review. Sources are limited to two left-center outlets.
“Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking abolition of execution by hanging”
Read at The Hindu →No center sources covered this
“SC dismisses plea seeking abolition of execution by hanging”
Read at Hindustan Times →Dismissal preserved an outdated execution method and deferred human rights concerns to the executive.
“Cruelty of state executions and socioeconomic biases in capital punishment”
Ruling upheld statutory framework and rejected incremental challenges that could erode deterrence.
“Retribution, victim closure, and resistance to softening penalties”
Decision reinforced state monopoly on lethal force without granting individual choice in method.
“Bodily autonomy and limits on state violence”
All views accepted the petition's framing without questioning judicial authority or evidence on pain.
“Separation of powers and lack of data on execution methods”
Ratings by MBFC