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Supreme Court Allows Dara Singh to Amend Remission Petition

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Supreme Court justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi allowed Dara Singh to amend his remission petition.
Odisha government issued an order on August 31, 2026 rejecting Singh’s request for remission.
The court gave Singh two weeks to file the amendment.
A hearing was scheduled for three weeks after the amendment deadline.
Singh has been imprisoned for 26 years after a 2003 death sentence for killing Graham Staines and his sons.

History

Historical Context

The Supreme Court’s May 1980 Bachan Singh ruling introduced the ‘rarest of rare’ test, noting about 4,000 death sentences since independence with only 5 % carried out. Odisha’s 2026 order refusing remission to Dara Singh, convicted of the 2003 Graham Staines murder, relies on that precedent, as Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi permit petition amendment.

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Story summary

Supreme Court justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi allowed Dara Singh to amend his remission petition.
Odisha government issued an order on August 31, 2026 rejecting Singh’s request for remission.
The court gave Singh two weeks to file the amendment.
A hearing was scheduled for three weeks after the amendment deadline.
Singh has been imprisoned for 26 years after a 2003 death sentence for killing Graham Staines and his sons.

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