The Supreme Court has today ruled that if a convict is awarded multiple life imprisonment then they shall run concurrently and not consecutively. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur delivered its verdict on a range of legal questions; including whether a convict can be asked to undergo more than one life term in a case or cases. <br/><br/>The bench, however, held that the trial courts and the high courts can award a term sentence along with life imprisonment simultaneously; in a case where the convict may be asked to first undergo term sentence and then the life sentence.

The Supreme Court has today ruled that if a convict is awarded multiple life imprisonment then they shall run concurrently and not consecutively. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur delivered its verdict on a range of legal questions; including whether a convict can be asked to undergo more than one life term in a case or cases. <br/><br/>The bench, however, held that the trial courts and the high courts can award a term sentence along with life imprisonment simultaneously; in a case where the convict may be asked to first undergo term sentence and then the life sentence.