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    The Supreme Court held in T.V. Vatheeswaram v. State of Tamil Nadu that a delay exceeding 2 years in executing a death sentence would be sufficient grounds to invoke Article 21 protections and commute the sentence to life imprisonment, regardless of the cause of the delay. However, in Sher Singh v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court said this cannot be taken as a rule of law applied to all cases, and each case of prolonged wait for execution must be examined on its own facts to determine if Article 21 protections apply.

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    The Supreme Court held in T.V. Vatheeswaram v. State of Tamil Nadu that a delay exceeding 2 years in executing a death sentence would be sufficient grounds to invoke Article 21 protections and commute the sentence to life imprisonment, regardless of the cause of the delay. However, in Sher Singh v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court said this cannot be taken as a rule of law applied to all cases, and each case of prolonged wait for execution must be examined on its own facts to determine if Article 21 protections apply.

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    The Supreme Court held in T.V. Vatheeswaram v. State of Tamil Nadu that a delay exceeding 2 years in executing a death sentence would be sufficient grounds to invoke Article 21 protections and commute the sentence to life imprisonment, regardless of the cause of the delay. However, in Sher Singh v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court said this cannot be taken as a rule of law applied to all cases, and each case of prolonged wait for execution must be examined on its own facts to determine if Article 21 protections apply.

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    Delay Execution

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    The Supreme Court held in T.V. Vatheeswaram v. State of Tamil Nadu that a delay exceeding 2 years in executing a death sentence would be sufficient grounds to invoke Article 21 protections and commute the sentence to life imprisonment, regardless of the cause of the delay. However, in Sher Singh v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court said this cannot be taken as a rule of law applied to all cases, and each case of prolonged wait for execution must be examined on its own facts to determine if Article 21 protections apply.

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    Right against Delayed Execution

    In T.V. Vatheeswaram v. State of Tamil Nadu[xcv], the Supreme Court held that delay in
    execution of death sentence exceeding 2 years would be sufficient ground to invoke protection
    under Article 21 and the death sentence would be commuted to life imprisonment. The cause of the
    delay is immaterial, the accused himself may be the cause of the delay.

    In Sher Singh v. State of Punjab[xcvi], the Supreme Court said that prolonged wait for execution
    of a sentence of death is an unjust, unfair and unreasonable procedure and the only way to undo that
    is through Article 21. But the Court held that this cannot be taken as the rule of law and applied to
    each case and each case should be decided upon its own faces. 

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