New -delhi, October 15 (IANS). The Supreme Court made a strong remark about the unwillingness of the central government while hearing a pill to consider alternative methods of death penalty such as toxic injection in place of the death penalty. A Bank of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta said orally that the government is not ready to change over time. The next trial of the case is on November 11. During the hearing, it was suggested that the convicted could get the option to choose between hanging or toxic injection. Attorney Sonia Mathur, who appeared for the central government, argued that it was “practical not possible” to do so and that the case was a policy decision. In its affidavit, the center refused to adopt alternative methods, on which the court expressed displeasure, saying that it was an old process and that things had changed over time. The petition was filed by the lawyer Rishi Malhotra, who calls the pending extremely painful, inhuman and cruel and demands that section 354 (5) of the Criminal Procedure Act be declared unconstitutional. The petition argued that the process of hanging took about 40 minutes before the conviction was pronounced dead, while methods such as toxic injection or shooting could be completed within five minutes. The petition also demanded that the right to a worthy death be recognized as a fundamental right in terms of section 21 of the Constitution. The petition also quoted the United Nations resolution, which states that the death penalty should be implemented in the least painful way. The petitioner suggested alternatives such as toxic injection, shooting, electrocation or gas room, which can make the death of the conviction less painful and fast. However, the affidavit of the central government said it was “not practically possible” to do so. -—IANS DCH/DSC Share this Story Tags
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