An annual report by Square Circle Clinic of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, found the Supreme Court has upheld no death sentence in three years and acquitted 10 death-row prisoners in 2025, the most in a decade. Sessions courts gave 1,310 death sentences between 2016 and 2025, including 128 in 2025. Of 842 decided by High Courts, only 70 (8.31%) were confirmed, 285 acquitted and 411 commuted. India had 574 death-row prisoners (550 men, 24 women) on December 31, 2025. About 95% of 2025's sentences ignored the Manoj vs State of Madhya Pradesh guidelines on mitigation and psychological evaluation.