Can Appeal Against Fixed Term Sentence Exceeding 14 Yrs Be Heard By Single Bench Of High Court? Supreme Court To Consider

Debby Jain

21 April 2026 2:48 PM IST

  • Can Appeal Against Fixed Term Sentence Exceeding 14 Yrs Be Heard By Single Bench Of High Court? Supreme Court To Consider

    In a convict's challenge to his 20-year jail sentence, the Supreme Court is set to consider the issue of coram required to hear and decide appeals filed in Karnataka High Court against fixed term sentences exceeding 14 years.A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and Vipul M Pancholi recently issued notice on a plea filed by convict-Barkath against an order passed by a Single Bench of the High...

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