Supreme Court questions judiciary's inconsistent approach to capital punishment

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The Supreme Court of India has raised concerns over inconsistent judicial approaches to death penalty cases. A bench led by Justice U.U. Lalit highlighted the problem of different judges taking divergent views on the same convict. This inconsistency occurs between the sentencing and review stages of capital cases. The court's remarks came during a hearing on a review petition from a 2012 murder case.

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