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SC Upholds Hanging Under Article 21

Dignity in Death: Supreme Court Upholds Hanging Why in the News ? The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of hanging as a method of capital punishment, relying on the 1983 Deena v. Union of India precedent. However, it noted that future scientific or medical evidence could reopen the question of whether alternative methods …

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