SHABNAM vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

The Supreme Court addressed the legality of death warrants issued against convicts Shabnam and Salim, who were sentenced to death for the murder of seven family members. The Court held that the execution of the death warrants was impermissible as the convicts had not exhausted all available legal remedies, including filing a review petition and mercy petitions under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The Court emphasized the necessity of allowing convicts to exercise their rights before execution, thereby staying the death warrants.