Multiple life terms cannot run one after another: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that courts cannot direct multiple life terms for different offences in a single trial to run consecutively, ruling that the sentences must instead be superimposed over each other to ensure that remission or commutation granted in one does not automatically extend to the other.
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- Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 7:44 am IST
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