CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -World Day Against Death Penalty is observed every year on 10 October. It is a day to advocate for the abolition of the death penalty and to raise awareness of the conditions and the circumstances which affect prisoners with death sentences.

Detailed explanation-2: -World Day Against the Death Penalty is annually observed across the globe on October 10 to raise awareness about the inhumane and cruel practice of capital punishment and the need to get rid of the death penalty from our justice systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Following its independence, the Republic of India adopted various colonial-era laws, including the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The IPC imposed six punishments, including the death penalty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Currently, there are around 488 prisoners on death row in India. The most recent executions in India took place in March 2020, when four of the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder perpetrators were executed at the Tihar Jail in Delhi.