Limits of Trial Courts’ Power on Life Sentences Clarified; Punishment Modified in Karnataka Widow Burning Case: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India, while exercising criminal appellate jurisdiction, examined an important question on the limits of sentencing powers of trial courts in a brutal murder case from northern Karnataka. The judgment was delivered on 18 December 2025 by a Bench led by Justice K. Vinod Chandran. Although the Court upheld the conviction for murder under Section 302 IPC, it intervened to correct what it found to be an…
