LiveLaw's report, published 7 August 2026, on the Supreme Court of India's refusal to suspend Narayan Sai's life sentence for rape while his appeal remains pending before the Gujarat High Court. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale declined to interfere with the High Court's own earlier refusal to suspend the sentence, and directed the Gujarat High Court to decide his appeal within three months.
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AuthorDebby Jain
PublisherLiveLaw
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-rejects-asaram-son-narayan-sai-plea-for-suspension-of-life-sentence-in-rape-case-asks-high-court-to-expeditiously-decide-appeal-544806
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Tier 1: the same specialist Indian legal-affairs outlet as source 2 above, read directly on 14 August 2026, corroborated by an ANI wire report of the same 7 August 2026 order (aninews.in) found by live search and matching on the bench, the holding and the three-month direction. NotesRead directly, 14 August 2026. The most recent recorded step in the Narayan Sai appeal as of that date: the conviction and life sentence stand, and the appeal remains open before the Gujarat High Court.
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