 bill no li of 2015 the  death  penalty  (abolition)  bill,  2015 a billto abolish capital punishment under the laws in relation to which the powers of the union extendsbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the death penalty (abolition) act, 2015short title, extant and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of indiaabolition of death penaltyenacted by the parliamentsubstitution of imprisonment for life3 where by any law referred to in the schedule (including a provision that would, but for this act, have effect by virtue of such a law) it is provided that a person is liable to be punished with death, the reference to the punishment of death shall be read, construed and applied as if the penalty of imprisonment for life were substituted for that punishment54 the state governments shall pass legislations to abolish death penalty for offences under their respective state acts within six months after the commencement of this actstate governments to abolish death penalty under their acts application of this act5 this act applies in relation to offences referred to in the acts mentioned in the schedule, committed before, on or after the commencement of this act schedule1 the indian penal code, 1860 2 the explosive substances act, 1908 3 the air force act, 1950 4 the army act, 1950 5 the navy act, 1950 6 the arms act, 1950 7 the geneva conventions act, 1960 8 the petroleum and minerals pipeline act, 1962 9 the unlawful activities prevention act, 196710 the border security force act, 1968 11 the defence of india act, 1971 12 the coast guard act, 1978 13 the narcotics, drugs and psychotropic substances act, 1985 14 the commission of sati (prevention) act, 1987 15 the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989 16 the indo-tibetan border police force act, 1992 17 the maharashtra control of organised crime act, 1999 18 the karnataka control of organised crime act, 2000 19 the andhra pradesh control of organised crime act, 2001 20 the assam rifles act, 2006 21 the sahashtra seema bal act, 2007 22 the bombay prohibition act (gujarat amendment) act, 2009 statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe indian criminal laws retain capital punishment for a number of serious offenceshowever, death penalty is not only unjust and inhuman but also inconsistent with the fundamental human rights and the dignity and worth of the human personthe opposition to the continuation of capital punishment has been existent from as early as the 1950s many of the founding fathers of india were firmly opposed to the death penalty the architect of the constitution, babasaheb ambedkar, himself admitted in the constituent assembly that people may not follow non-violence in practice but ''they certainly adhere to the principle of non-violence as a moral mandate which they ought to observe as far as they possibly can'' with this in mind, he said, ''the proper thing for this country to do is to abolish the death sentence altogether''miscarriage of justice is one of the biggest concerns about death penalty there have been and always will be cases of executions of innocent people no matter how developed a justice system is, it will always remain susceptible to human failure unlike prison sentences, the death penalty is irreversible and irreparable the supreme court has itself admitted on several occasions that there is confusion and contradiction in the application of the death penalty last year, 14 eminent retired judges wrote to the president, pointing out that the supreme court had erroneously given the death penalty to 15 people since 1996, of whom two were hanged the judges called this ''the gravest known miscarriage of justice in the history of crime and punishment in independent india''the death penalty lacks the deterrent effect which is commonly referred to by its advocates as recently stated by the general assembly of the united nations, ''there is no conclusive evidence of the deterrent value of the death penalty'' (unga resolution 65/206)capital punishment is merely revenge masquerading as justice when the government is trying to create a just society where there is less violence and murder, it cannot be allowed to commit the same crime against its citizens in the name of justicethe world is moving away from using the death penalty the european union has made ''abolition of death penalty'' a prerequisite for membership in november 2012, the united nations adopted a resolution to establish a moratorium on executions and abolition of death penalty for the fourth time amnesty international reports that 140 countries have abolished death penalty either in law or in practice this accounts for more than two thirds of the countries of the worldthe law commission of india, in its 243rd report, has recommended the abolition of death penalty in all but two instances—crimes of terrorism and waging war against the state however, the parliament should go one step further and abolish death penalty once and for allthe continuation of death penalty is a stain on our society built on the values of non violence, love and justice hence, in this land of mahatma gandhi and gautama buddha it is necessary to abolish this barbaric punishment in order to be in consonance with our own inherent morals and the global trendhence, this billsmt kanimozhi rajya  sabha———— a billto abolish capital punishment under the laws in relation to which the powers of the union extends————(smt kanimozhi, mp)gmgipmrnd—3839rs(s3)—18-12-2015