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The recent death of Journalist Parvez Parwaz in October 2026, while serving a life sentence in a gang rape case in a Gorakhpur District Jail, raises crucial questions with respect to the legal safeguards for preventing custodial deaths. Swipe to learn more. @NLUDofficial

The Hon’ble Justice J. R. Midha of the Delhi High Court (Retd.), delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme of “The Weight of the Decision: Sentencing in Capital Cases”. @NLUDofficial

Project 39A is honoured to welcome Mr. Balbir Singh, Senior Advocate, to the Advisory Panel of Project 39A. @NLUDofficial

Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme “Penal Populism, Media and the Manufacture of Public Demand”. @NLUDofficial

The right to determine the sentence to be served by criminal offenders vests with the judiciary and the executive. There are various penological theories to justify capital punishment; but the value of the death sentence as a deterrent is disputed. Swipe to learn more.

The team at Project 39A met with Ms. Sohini Ghosh from the Indian Express to discuss the research projects and ongoing endeavours of the Centre.

Dr. Pupul Dutta Prasad, Inspector General of Police, BPR&D and Honorary Director, Project 39A, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course on the theme “Capital Punishment and the Global South”. @NLUDofficial @PupulDPrasad

Mr. Kapil Sankhla, Managing Partner of Sankhla & Associates, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme “The Case for Retention: A Comparative Perspective”. @NLUDofficial @advkapilsankhla

Prof. Dr. Anneke Petzsche, University of Bremen, Germany, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme “The Abolitionist Norm: A Comparative Study”. @NLUDofficial

The recent failed attempts at executing Christa Pike, the death row prisoner from Tennessee, through lethal injection; raises several questions with respect to the lethal injection and the legitimacy of the death sentence. Swipe to learn more. @NLUDofficial