{"id":68538,"date":"2023-11-16T12:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=68538"},"modified":"2023-11-17T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:42:13","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-november-16-2023-day-494","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-november-16-2023-day-494\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 November 16, 2023; Day 494"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Abolition&nbsp;<\/td><td>the act of ending a law or system officially<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jurist&nbsp;<\/td><td>a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bland&nbsp;<\/td><td>Uninteresting&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fallible&nbsp;<\/td><td>Likely to fail or make errors<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Deterrent&nbsp;<\/td><td>Something that acts to discourage certain behaviour or action<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Commute&nbsp;<\/td><td>Exchange a penalty for a less severe one<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dissent&nbsp;<\/td><td>A difference of opinion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rigorous&nbsp;<\/td><td>Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Remission&nbsp;<\/td><td>a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment, as for good conduct<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Life over death: On death penalty <strong>abolition (the act of ending a law or system officially) <\/strong>and parliamentary panel report&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abolition of the death penalty should form the core of any reform in the justice system&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is disappointing that the parliamentary committee that examined the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the proposed criminal statute likely to replace the IPC, has not made a recommendation to abolish the death penalty. Instead, the standing committee on Home Affairs, despite submissions from experts and <strong>jurists (a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations) <\/strong>on abolition, chose to make a <strong>bland (uninteresting) <\/strong>recommendation \u201cthat the matter may be left for the government to consider\u201d. Its observation is limited to a remark that it \u201chas understood that the reason for a passionate argument against the death penalty is that the judicial system can be <strong>fallible (Likely to fail or make errors) <\/strong>and to prevent an innocent person from being wrongly sentenced to death\u201d. However, domain experts had made some persuasive submissions before the panel: that instances of trial courts awarding death were on the rise, whereas statistical trends showed that the Supreme Court of India was leaning away from capital punishment; that social scientists had demonstrated it had no <strong>deterrent (Something that acts to discourage certain behaviour or action) <\/strong>effect and that global opinion was in favour of its abolition. The Court awarded the death penalty to only seven people from 2007 to 2022, while all death sentences were either set aside or <strong>commuted (Exchange a penalty for a less severe one) <\/strong>to life in 2023, as they did not fall under the \u201crarest of rare cases\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members who added notes of <strong>dissent (A difference of opinion) <\/strong>to the report also highlighted the argument that capital punishment has been shown to be no deterrent; that imprisonment for the remainder of the convict\u2019s natural life will be a more <strong>rigorous (Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures) <\/strong>punishment and provide scope for reform; and that most of those on death row came from underprivileged backgrounds. They have also made the point that the three Bills proposing a new body of criminal law are substantially the same as the existing IPC, Code of Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act. If at all, Parliament moves to enact the draft Bills, with changes suggested by the parliamentary panel, it will be in the fitness of things if it is used as an occasion to reconsider the need to retain the death penalty. The BNS has defined \u2018life imprisonment\u2019 as a term for the remainder of one\u2019s natural life, and this should be the default alternative to death sentences. The case for abolition will gain strength if the trend of seeking premature release of life convicts on political grounds is arrested and life terms without <strong>remission (a reduction of the term of a sentence of imprisonment, as for good conduct) <\/strong>become more common. Remission should be a humanitarian act and never a source of political controversy. Removing capital punishment from the statute book and introducing a rational and universal remission policy will be a substantive reform in the justice system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to know the meanings of difficult words published in the editorial of November 16, 2023? 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