https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165197 Article 21 protection extends to execution of a death sentence, but only delay occurring after final judicial confirmation is relevant to a claim for commutation. Time spent in trial, appeal, review, and other judicial proceedings cannot by itself invalidate execution because those stages are part of lawful procedure. After final adjudication, undue and unexplained delay in mercy petition disposal or executive action may justify commutation, assessed with the nature of the crime and other circumstances. No fixed period of delay can operate as a universal rule for rendering the sentence inexecutable, and the earlier view that delay beyond two years automatically entitled a prisoner to commutation was rejected. en-us Tue, 07 Feb 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:42:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165197 Article 21 protection extends to execution of a death sentence, but only delay occurring after final judicial confirmation is relevant to a claim for commutation. Time spent in trial, appeal, review, and other judicial proceedings cannot by itself invalidate execution because those stages are part of lawful procedure. After final adjudication, undue and unexplained delay in mercy petition disposal or executive action may justify commutation, assessed with the nature of the crime and other circumstances. No fixed period of delay can operate as a universal rule for rendering the sentence inexecutable, and the earlier view that delay beyond two years automatically entitled a prisoner to commutation was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 Feb 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=165197