2 Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre seeking its reply. The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre in three weeks. The Section describes the method for carrying out death sentence as "hanging by neck till the convict is dead." The petitioner has contended that execution of death sentence by hanging is an inhuman and cruel act that violates the fundamental right of a death convict. SUPREME COURT ON HANGINGIn the Deena versus Union of India case of 1983, the Supreme Court laid down a test to carry out death sentence.

Source: India Today October 07, 2017 07:41 UTC