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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court formulate the rarest-of-rare doctrine for…

Bachan Singh v State of Punjab (1980) adopted the rarest-of-rare standard for the exceptional imposition of death rather than life imprisonment. Sentencing must consider the…

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In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court formulate the rarest-of-rare doctrine for awarding the death sentence?

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Bachan Singh v State of Punjab (1980) adopted the rarest-of-rare standard for the exceptional imposition of death rather than life imprisonment. Sentencing must consider the offence and offender and whether the alternative is unquestionably foreclosed. Later decisions elaborate this standard.

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