Published On: December 11th 2025 Authored By: Muskan Khatun Department of Law, University of Calcutta Abstract The Death Penalty is the most common punishment for committing any heinous crime or serious offence. The death penalty is also known as capital punishment. It has a long history from ancient times. It has different types of history […]
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Published On: December 9th 2025 Authored By: Apurva Sharma Bhartiya Vidyapeeth deemed to be University, New Delhi Introduction Capital punishment, often referred to as the death penalty, is one of the most debated issues in modern criminal law. While India continues to retain it under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), its use has become increasingly
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Published On: December 8th 2025 Authored By: Mahek Zubeariya Kalinga University Introduction The DEATH PENALTY, or CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, remains a constitutionally valid form of sentencing under the Indian legal system. However, its application is anything but straightforward. The issue is positioned at a crucial intersection of law, human rights, and social justice, creating a profound
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Published On: December 8th 2025 Authored By: Vaibhav Dixit Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur Abstract The death penalty in India remains one of the most debated aspects of the criminal justice system.It’s a legal process where the state executes a person as punishment for a crime. India is one of the few countries that
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Published On: December 8th 2025 Authored By: Anandi Chaturvedi CHANAKYA LAW COLLEGE RUDRAPUR UTTARAKHAND Abstract The death penalty, or capital punishment, remains one of the most contentious issues in legal and human rights discourse globally. In India, its constitutional validity has been repeatedly challenged and upheld by the Supreme Court, but only under the “rarest
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