Attorney General R Venkataramani submitted before the division bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala,

"I proposed it and we are gathering names now."

In the said matter, the Court was hearing a plea filed by Advocate Rishi Malhotra to do away with death by hanging and to instead adopt alternative methods like lethal injection or electrocution, which he claimed were comparatively painless.

Further, he submitted that the Law Commission in its 187th Report observed that there was a significant increase in the number of countries that abolished hanging and substituted it with electrocution, shooting or lethal injection.

“It had categorically opined that hanging is undoubtedly accompanied by intense physical torture and pain,” the plea said.

During a previous hearing, the Court had asked the Central government to submit if there is any study undertaken regarding the impact and pain caused during death by hanging and whether it is the most suitable method available today.

"If the Central government has not done this study, then we can form a committee which can have experts from national law universities like NLU Delhi, Bangalore or Hyderabad, some doctors from AIIMS, distinguished people across the country and some scientific experts," the Court had said.

The next date of hearing is in the second week of July.