Tag: KK Venugopal

  • SC refers to 5-judge bench on framing pointers on mitigating cases in demise penalty circumstances

    By means of Categorical Information Provider

    NEW DELHI: The Ideally suited Court docket on Monday referred to a 5 choose bench at the factor associated with mitigating cases that are supposed to be thought to be by means of the courts whilst granting the demise penalty as most punishment.

    Noting that there have been conflicting judgments associated with the grant of listening to to an accused earlier than implementing a demise sentence, a bench of CJI UU Lalit and Justices SR Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia mentioned, “It is vital to have readability within the topic on a uniform method at the query of granting bail actual and significant alternative of listening to to accused in such circumstances, connection with a bigger bench of five hon’ble judges is important. Let the topic be positioned earlier than hon‘ble CJI.”

    Staring at that there used to be an pressing want for making sure that the mitigating cases for conviction of offences that raise the opportunity of demise sentences are thought to be on the trial degree, the highest courtroom had taken be aware of the problem by itself.

    The Bench headed by means of CJI UU Lalit whilst registering the case to broaden pointers to be adopted by means of courts around the nation, whilst taking into account issues which care for demise sentences, had sought the aid of AG KK Venugopal and issued understand to NALSA.

    The verdict used to be taken by means of the bench whilst it used to be taking into account the plea of a person who had challenged the demise penalty imposed by means of the decrease courtroom that used to be upheld by means of the MP HC and had titled the case as “Framing Pointers Referring to Possible Mitigating Cases to be Regarded as Whilst Enforcing Loss of life Sentences”.

    The aim of taking cognisance used to be to inspect in addition to institutionalise the method this is curious about accumulating information and data to be able to come to a decision the award of the demise penalty. Moreover, the courtroom had additionally determined to inspect how the courts, which care for demise sentence issues, can broaden a complete research of the character of the crime and the accused.

    The method used to be initiated after an utility used to be filed by means of the anti-death penalty frame, Challenge 39A of Nationwide Regulation College (NLU), Delhi. The plea had mentioned that within the context of death-eligible circumstances, mitigation is an workout of assortment, documentation and research of quite a lot of data like ancient, cultural, social, familial and particular person elements and every other related elements that affect a person’s belief, reaction, and their figuring out of the arena and folks round them.

    NEW DELHI: The Ideally suited Court docket on Monday referred to a 5 choose bench at the factor associated with mitigating cases that are supposed to be thought to be by means of the courts whilst granting the demise penalty as most punishment.

    Noting that there have been conflicting judgments associated with the grant of listening to to an accused earlier than implementing a demise sentence, a bench of CJI UU Lalit and Justices SR Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia mentioned, “It is vital to have readability within the topic on a uniform method at the query of granting bail actual and significant alternative of listening to to accused in such circumstances, connection with a bigger bench of five hon’ble judges is important. Let the topic be positioned earlier than hon‘ble CJI.”

    Staring at that there used to be an pressing want for making sure that the mitigating cases for conviction of offences that raise the opportunity of demise sentences are thought to be on the trial degree, the highest courtroom had taken be aware of the problem by itself.

    The Bench headed by means of CJI UU Lalit whilst registering the case to broaden pointers to be adopted by means of courts around the nation, whilst taking into account issues which care for demise sentences, had sought the aid of AG KK Venugopal and issued understand to NALSA.

    The verdict used to be taken by means of the bench whilst it used to be taking into account the plea of a person who had challenged the demise penalty imposed by means of the decrease courtroom that used to be upheld by means of the MP HC and had titled the case as “Framing Pointers Referring to Possible Mitigating Cases to be Regarded as Whilst Enforcing Loss of life Sentences”.

    The aim of taking cognisance used to be to inspect in addition to institutionalise the method this is curious about accumulating information and data to be able to come to a decision the award of the demise penalty. Moreover, the courtroom had additionally determined to inspect how the courts, which care for demise sentence issues, can broaden a complete research of the character of the crime and the accused.

    The method used to be initiated after an utility used to be filed by means of the anti-death penalty frame, Challenge 39A of Nationwide Regulation College (NLU), Delhi. The plea had mentioned that within the context of death-eligible circumstances, mitigation is an workout of assortment, documentation and research of quite a lot of data like ancient, cultural, social, familial and particular person elements and every other related elements that affect a person’s belief, reaction, and their figuring out of the arena and folks round them.

  • Venugopal is of the same opinion to proceed as A-G for 3 extra months 

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Senior recommend Ok Ok Venugopal has agreed to proceed because the Lawyer Normal for India for 3 extra months following a request by way of the central govt, govt resources mentioned on Wednesday.

    His provide one-year time period was once to finish on June 30. Venugopal, the resources mentioned, was once no longer keen to proceed within the constitutional publish because of “non-public causes”.

    However following a request by way of the central govt, he has agreed to proceed as the highest legislation officer of the Union of India for 3 extra months.

    Venugopal, 91, was once appointed by way of the President of India as Lawyer Normal for India in July 2017, succeeding Mukul Rohatgi. He was once due to this fact reappointed to the publish. The legal professional common normally has a tenure of 3 years.

    When Venugopal’s first time period as AG was once to finish in 2020, he had asked the federal government to provide him a one-year tenure preserving in thoughts his complex age.

    Remaining 12 months too, Venugopal was once reappointed for 365 days.

    In view of the high-profile circumstances Venugopal is dealing with within the Best Court docket and his enjoy on the Bar, the federal government was once willing that he persevered as its most sensible legislation officer.

    An eminent recommend of Best Court docket, Venugopal has seemed in a lot of circumstances involving essential problems with Constitutional and company legislation.

    He was once an extra solicitor common of India between 1979 and 1980. He has been awarded Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2015.