Landmark case · Jurisprudence · Semester 3
Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab
(1980) 2 SCC 684 · Supreme Court of India
Death penalty is constitutional only in the rarest of rare cases (retributive-deterrent limit).
From topic
Property, sanctions and theories of punishment — Unit V, Jurisprudence.
Related sections:
- Constitution of India, 300A — No person to be deprived of property save by authority of law
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 4 — Punishments