Death By Hanging Cruel? Supreme Court Asks Centre To Begin Discussion
NDTV
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to initiate a discussion and collect information to examine if there can be a less painful method
The Centre should consider whether there can be a "less painful" alternative to death by hanging way of carrying out death sentences than hanging, the Supreme Court said today.
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to initiate a discussion and collect information to examine if there can be a less painful method than hanging by the neck. Attorney General R Venkataramani was asked to get back to the court on any study on the impact of death by hanging.
The court said it was open to setting up a panel of experts to consider the subject, as it heard a petition seeking a "painless end for death convicts. The petition also suggests shooting, lethal injection or the electric chair instead of hanging.
The process is "absolutely cruel", said lawyer Rishi Malhotra, reading out a Law Commission report.
