Default sentences cannot be directed to run concurrently, says SC

The Supreme Court Thursday held that default sentences cannot be directed to run concurrently, as it may defeat the very objective of the punishment.

A bench of Justices A M Sapre and U U Lalit said, "If imposition of fine and prescription of mandatory minimum is designed to achieve a specific purpose, the very objective will get defeated if the default sentences were directed to run concurrently."