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Compensation Can’t Replace Punishment: Supreme Court Restores 3 Year Jail Term in Attempt to Murder Case 

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The Supreme Court of India has set aside a Madras High Court order that reduced a three-year jail sentence in an attempt to murder case to the period already undergone, holding that monetary compensation cannot substitute a custodial sentence. The Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Vijay Bishnoi warned against a growing trend of reducing…

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Mariya Paliwala
Mariya Paliwalahttps://www.jurishour.in/
Mariya is the Senior Editor at Juris Hour. She has 7+ years of experience on covering tax litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and various tribunals including CESTAT, ITAT, NCLAT, NCLT, etc. Mariya graduated from MLSU Law College, Udaipur (Raj.) with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. She started her career as a freelance tax reporter in the leading online legal news companies.

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