CITATION AIR 1980 SC 898 DATE 9th May, 1980 COURT NAME SUPREME COURT OF INDIA PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/PETITIONER BACHAN SINGH (APPELLANT) DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT. STATE OF PUNJAB (RESPONDENT) JUDGES JUSTICE Y.V. CHANDRACHUDJUSTICE A. GUPTAJUSTICE N.L. UNTWALIAJUSTICE P.N. BHAGWATIJUSTICE R.S. SARKARIA INTRODUCTION “Death is different.” This powerful statement emphasises the seriousness of capital punishment, a Read more…
Citation (1980) SC 898 Date of Judgement 9th May 1980 Court Supreme Court of India Case Type Criminal Appeal No. 273 of 1979 Appellant Bachan Singh Respondent State of Punjab Bench Y.V. Chandrachud, A. Gupta, N. Untwalia, P.N. Bhagwati & R. Sarkaria Reference Section:- 302, 354(3) Article:- 14, 19, 20, Read more…
Citation: AIR 1980 SC 898, 1980 Court –The Supreme Court Of India Bench – Justice Chandrachud, Y.V. Jutice Bhagwati, P.N, Justice Sarkaria, Justice Ranjit Singh, Justice Gupta, A.C., Justice Untwalia, N.L. Relatable Section / Acts – Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 354 (3) of the Code Read more…
Introduction: Since time immemorial, the death penalty has been used as a form of punishment for both the abolition of offenders and the punishment for heinous crimes. Indian criminal law is based on a combination of deterrent and reformative punishment principles. Although the penalties are intended to deter offenders, it Read more…
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