The writer is Research Director; Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Reaching the right result for the wrong reasons is becoming a leitmotif for the Indian higher judiciary. In granting bail to Kanhaiya ...

LONDON, Nov. 03, 2003 — A Sudanese boy of 16 is to have his right hand and left foot amputated by a court order that human rights campaigners have denounced as barbaric. Launching an urgent appeal on ...

Iran has recently implemented public amputations as punishment for criminals, in accordance with a court ruling aimed at reducing the country’s theft rate, The Middle East Media Research Institute ...

07:59, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 Updated: 08:06, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 Iran’s hardline rulers are poised to amputate the fingers of three prisoners in a brutal act of state-sanctioned torture, campaigners have ...