New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that if a convict is awarded multiple life imprisonment then they shall run concurrently and not consecutively.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur delivered its verdict on a range of legal questions including whether a convict can be asked to undergo more than one life term in a case or cases.
The bench also comprising Justices FMI Kalifulla, AK Sikri, SA Bobde and R Banumati held that the trial courts and the high courts can award a term sentence along with life imprisonment simultaneously in a case where the convict may be asked to first undergo term sentence and then the life sentence.
The judgement came on a batch of petitions including the one filed by A Muthuramalingam on award of sentence in a case and whether they would run concurrently or consecutively.
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