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In 2015, the Supreme Court in Union of India v. V. Sriharan approved a special sentencing alternative…

Swamy Shraddananda (2) imposed life imprisonment for the remainder of the prisoner’s natural life as an alternative to death. Sriharan approved the special category of…

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In 2015, the Supreme Court in Union of India v. V. Sriharan approved a special sentencing alternative to death. In which earlier decision had it imposed life imprisonment for the rest of the prisoner’s natural life without statutory remission as that alternative?

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Swamy Shraddananda (2) imposed life imprisonment for the remainder of the prisoner’s natural life as an alternative to death.

Sriharan approved the special category of sentence and preserved constitutional clemency powers.

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Option A

Jagmohan Singh concerned the constitutional validity of capital punishment.

Option B

Machhi Singh applied the rarest-of-rare approach to choosing between life imprisonment and death.

Option C

The three-judge decision in Swamy Shraddananda (2) imposed that special sentence in place of death, and Sriharan affirmed the category.

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Nalini was the Rajiv Gandhi assassination appeal. It did not originate the special sentencing alternative identified in Sriharan.

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