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Under the rule in Mohd. Arif v. Registrar, Supreme Court of India, what is the prescribed bench size…

Mohd. Arif prescribed a three-judge bench for the open-court hearing of a death-sentence review. The composition of the bench that laid down this rule is separate from the…

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Under the rule in Mohd. Arif v. Registrar, Supreme Court of India, what is the prescribed bench size for an open-court review of a death sentence in the Supreme Court?

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Mohd. Arif prescribed a three-judge bench for the open-court hearing of a death-sentence review.

The composition of the bench that laid down this rule is separate from the composition it prescribed for reviews.

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Option A

The majority prescribed a three-judge open-court review.

Option B

The general two-judge minimum does not supply the special death-sentence review bench.

Option C

The decision did not prescribe four judges.

Option D

A five-judge bench decided Mohd. Arif itself. The rule it laid down calls for a three-judge review.

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