Which judgment of the Supreme Court of India formulated the ‘rarest of rare’ standard for choosing the…
The Constitution Bench in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1980 SC 898, treated life imprisonment as the ordinary punishment for murder. The majority confined the death…
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Which judgment of the Supreme Court of India formulated the ‘rarest of rare’ standard for choosing the death sentence over life imprisonment for murder?
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The Constitution Bench in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1980 SC 898, treated life imprisonment as the ordinary punishment for murder.
The majority confined the death sentence to the rarest of rare cases where the alternative of life imprisonment is unquestionably foreclosed.
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Option A
Reg. v. Govinda distinguished murder from culpable homicide in the Bombay High Court.
Option B
Hussainara Khatoon concerned undertrial detention, speedy trial and access to legal services.
Option C
Sunil Batra dealt with prisoner protection against custodial abuse.
Option D
Bachan Singh is the Constitution Bench decision that formulated the standard for exceptional use of the death sentence for murder.
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