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In which of the following cases was the 'Rarest of rare' doctrine for the award of death sentence…

In Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, the Constitution Bench held that life imprisonment is the ordinary sentence for murder. A death sentence is reserved for the rarest cases…

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In which of the following cases was the 'Rarest of rare' doctrine for the award of death sentence evolved by the Supreme Court?

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In Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, the Constitution Bench held that life imprisonment is the ordinary sentence for murder. A death sentence is reserved for the rarest cases where the alternative of life imprisonment is unquestionably foreclosed after considering the circumstances of the crime and the offender.

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The Constitution Bench first formulated the rarest-of-rare standard in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab.

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The rarest-of-rare standard originates in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab.

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Bachan Singh made life imprisonment the ordinary sentence for murder and limited death sentences to exceptional cases where the alternative is foreclosed.

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The case that formulated the rarest-of-rare standard was Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab.

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