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GS-4REMISSION OF SENTENCE AND EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY

Two Years of Silence: When Not Deciding Becomes the Decision

This is not, at this stage, a story about whether Dara Singh should or should not be released - the Supreme Court's rebuke is not about the outcome the state should choose but about the fact that it has avoided choosing at all for two years. That distinction matters for how India's remission framework is meant to function: the State Sentence Review Board exists to make a reasoned decision, not to let a mercy petition expire…

Sub TopicJUSTICE VS. MERCY - REMISSION OF SENTENCE, EXECUTIVE…SourceSUPREME COURT OF INDIA, THE…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AND POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY

He Questioned a Minister About Drugs. The Next Morning, His Neighbours Came for Him.

The case has triggered a political controversy in Punjab and raises a direct ethics question that sits above the specifics of any one drug policy debate: what happens, structurally, to a citizen who publicly holds power accountable in a public forum designed for exactly that purpose. A grievance meeting is meant to protect the person raising the grievance; here, the family alleges, the response to the grievance was social…

Sub TopicACCOUNTABILITY, WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AND THE ETHICS…SourceINDIAN EXPRESS, THE PRINT, TIMES…
UPSC Relevance9/10
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GS-4JUDICIAL ETHICS AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

23 Death Sentences, One Fear: Being Called a Coward

A trial judge's sentencing order explicitly naming his fear of being called a coward, alongside allegations of mafia intimidation, raises a direct question of judicial ethics: whether the personal courage a judge displays against external threats can be separated from the specific, doctrine-bound act of deciding whether a case meets the "rarest of rare" threshold for the death penalty. With 23 death sentences from one court…

Sub TopicJUDICIAL ETHICS, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND THE 'RAREST OF…SourceTHE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS, TIMES…
UPSC Relevance9/10
Time to Read3 min read
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