However, as Madhurima Dhanuka points out, no corresponding amendments were made to the Code of Criminal Procedure, thereby leaving the power of the state governments to grant remission in such cases unfettered. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 extends the penalty of life imprisonment for the ...
The cause for bringing the amendments does not appear to have any nexus with the effect that has resulted thereby; and that, in essence, is the unreasonableness and grossly disproportionate feature of the impugned statute.”— Madras High Court (emphasis added) Prohibition criticised: The ...