The Supreme Court today quashed a death warrant issued by a trial court, after noticing that the period for filing special leave petition against the High Court's confirmation of death penalty was not yet over.This order of the bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi came in a writ petition filed by 30 year old Kattavelai Devakar, whose death sentence for rape and double murders was confirmed by...
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