The Supreme Court, emphasising the importance of conducting a psychological evaluation of death row convicts, said on 19 October, that the "assessment as regards the conduct of the accused" will go a long way in such cases.
"The interest of justice also demands that we obtain a psychological evaluation of the appellants," the court said.
It is imperative, a bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi added, that facets of the case "touching upon the character and behaviour of the appellant(s) would be essential in order to have complete assessment."