The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling on criminal sentencing, has held that when an accused is awarded multiple sentences of life imprisonment, the sentences must run concurrently and not consecutively. A bench comprising Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale modified a judgment of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana,
Multiple Life Sentences Must Run Concurrently: SC Modifies High Court’s Order for Consecutive Sentences
