In the following illustration, fill in each tier with the judgments give by the various courts in the Sudha Goel case. Check your responses with others in class.

Lower court: In this court Laxman, his mother Shakuntla and his brother-in-law Subhash Chandra were sentenced to death.

High Court: In the decision of high court all three were acquitted.


Supreme Court: Supreme court decided to give life imprisonment to Laxman and his mother while his brother-in-law Subhash Chandra was acquitted for lack of sufficient evidence.


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