Whether the claim of juvenility can be made after the final disposal of the case by the Supreme Court.

Q. Whether the claim of juvenility can be made after the final disposal of the case by the Supreme Court.

The Uttrakhand HC held that after the final determination of the question by the Supreme Court and in result dismissal of the curative petition and after that the President of India by exercising the pardoning power under Article 72 of the Constitution of India commuted the sentence of death into life imprisonment for not less than 6o years of age. In these circumstances no room has been left for re consideration of juvenility claim.

*#Case: Om Prakash @ Israel @ Raju @ Raju Das V.  Union of India and Another; August 2019*