Ethics · 21 Aug 2026

Dara Singh remission chronology

Arrange the following events relating to the Dara Singh remission case in chronological order:

  1. The Supreme Court upholds Dara Singh's life sentence, commuting the trial court's original death penalty
  2. Graham Staines and his two sons are burnt to death in Manoharpur village, Odisha
  3. Dara Singh files a remission petition citing his statutory eligibility
  4. The case is listed for a Supreme Court hearing after criticism of Odisha's prolonged inaction
A1-2-3-4
B2-3-1-4
C2-1-3-4
D1-2-4-3
This question is based on: The Supreme Court's Real Objection Wasn't the Remission Plea - It Was the Silence
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About this question

Why in news

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Manoj Misra criticised the Odisha government for failing to decide on Dara Singh's remission petition, filed in 2024, despite his claim of having served 26 years against the state's 25-year eligibility threshold.

Why for UPSC

Chronology questions test whether aspirants can anchor a current-affairs case to its correct historical timeline rather than just recalling isolated facts - useful here given the case spans nearly three decades.

Prelims summary

Graham Staines and his sons were murdered in January 1999; the Supreme Court upheld Dara Singh's life sentence in 2011; he filed a remission petition in 2024 citing 25 years' eligibility; the Court has now pressed Odisha to decide, listing the case for September 2.

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