Where Life Imprisonment Is Imposed, Other Sentences Must Run Concurrently, Not Consecutively: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has clarified an important rule relating to the manner in which multiple criminal sentences are to be served when a convict has been sentenced to life imprisonment. In its judgment dated August 18, 2026, in Gopi @ Sahaya Puruna v. The State, Rep. by the Inspector of Police, a Bench comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vijay Bishnoi held that the life sentences imposed on the appellant…
