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    Nikhil Gupta Accepts Guilty Plea in Murder-for-Hire Case

    Washington, February 19 – Nikhil Gupta has now been formally convicted in a US federal court after a judge in Manhattan accepted his guilty plea in a murder-for-hire conspiracy targeting a Sikh separatist leader in New York – a case that carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison.On...
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    Dangerous Trend: SC Questions Courts' Shift Towards Monetary Compensation Over Punishment

    New Delhi, February 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday criticized the recent practice of courts enhancing compensation to victims in serious offenses and reducing the sentences of the accused "arbitrarily and mechanically," calling it a "dangerous" trend that sends the wrong message to society that...
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