A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih has dismissed a batch of writ petitions challenging the constitutionality of sentences imposing imprisonment for the remainder of natural life without remission. The apex court held that life imprisonment under Section 53 read with Section 45 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
Life Imprisonment Means Imprisonment Till Last Breath; President’s Clemency Under Article 72 Cannot Be Revisited Like an Appeal: Supreme Court
