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In which decision did the Supreme Court of India set out the crime test, the criminal test and the…

In Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra (2013), Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan identified the crime test, the criminal test and the rarest-of-rare test. The question…

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In which decision did the Supreme Court of India set out the crime test, the criminal test and the rarest-of-rare test as a framework for considering a death sentence?

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In Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra (2013), Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan identified the crime test, the criminal test and the rarest-of-rare test.

The question identifies that judgment’s framework.

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Option A

Mohinder Singh reviewed the propriety of the death sentence imposed in that appeal. The three-test formulation comes from Khade.

Option B

Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan set out these three tests in Khade.

Option C

Shatrughan Chauhan examined supervening circumstances relevant to commutation of death sentences.

Option D

Jagmohan Singh addressed the constitutionality of the death penalty and judicial sentencing discretion before the formulation in Khade.

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