A Division Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundresh said that the majority view of the Supreme Court inUnion of India v. V Sriharan was clear on this aspect.
It thus rejected the argument of a convict to look into the minority view in Sriharan which said that it is not open for the court to make any special category of sentence in substitution of death penalty.
“Once the majority opines in a particular matter, that is the judgment of the Constitution Bench which says that there can be imposition of life imprisonment without any remission till the last breath as a substitution of death sentence. We thus reject that argument,” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
