Agency, Singapore.
Published by: Dev Kashyap
Updated Wed, 02 Mar 2022 02:31 AM IST
Summary
The appellate court’s remarks came after Dharmalingam’s lawyer Violet Netto, during an appeal hearing, argued that her client’s death sentence should be waived on the ground of mental illness.
The country’s appellate court on Tuesday said the counsel for Indian-origin Malaysian drug smuggler K Dharmalingam, Nagendran, was abusing the judicial process by presenting a last-minute report. They are filing applications at short intervals, which is not good.
The appellate court’s remarks came after Dharmalingam’s lawyer Violet Netto, during an appeal hearing, argued that her client’s death sentence should be waived on the ground of mental illness. Netto was asked the question as to why the defense prevented the court from examining the prisoner’s medical and psychiatric records to ascertain the mental state of the convict.
Netto is instead relying on the opinion of three foreign experts, but none of them have investigated Dharmalingam and the reports of all three are based on the observations of the convict’s brother and former legal representative M Ravi. Dharmalingam was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010 for smuggling 42.72 grams of heroin. He has challenged the sentence in the Appellate Court.
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The country’s appellate court on Tuesday said the counsel for Indian-origin Malaysian drug smuggler K Dharmalingam, Nagendran, was abusing the judicial process by presenting a last-minute report. They are filing applications at short intervals, which is not good.
The appellate court’s remarks came after Dharmalingam’s lawyer Violet Netto, during an appeal hearing, argued that her client’s death sentence should be waived on the ground of mental illness. Netto was asked the question as to why the defense prevented the court from examining the prisoner’s medical and psychiatric records to ascertain the mental state of the convict.
Netto is instead relying on the opinion of three foreign experts, but none of them have investigated Dharmalingam and the reports of all three are based on the observations of the convict’s brother and former legal representative M Ravi. Dharmalingam was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010 for smuggling 42.72 grams of heroin. He has challenged the sentence in the Appellate Court.