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Looking for alternatives to hanging: Centre to SC
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|November 12, 2025
THE CENTRE WAS RESPONDING TO A PLEA THAT DEATH ROW CONVICTS BE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HANGING AND LETHAL INJECTION
The Union government informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it is examining whether a less painful and more humane method of execution could replace hanging, though no final decision has been taken so far.
Attorney General R Venkataramani told a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that deliberations were underway, and the Centre would require more time before it could present a concrete position.
“I am alive to the issue. Some proceedings have taken place...But no decision has been taken so far,” said the attorney general, responding to a plea seeking that death row convicts be allowed to choose between hanging and lethal injection. “There is no urgency. No hanging is taking place right now,” added Venkataramani, requesting a deferment.
This story is from the November 12, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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