Published On: August 10th 2025 Authored By: Manasvi Joshi Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad Abstract This article looks at the death penalty in India, exploring its legal side, moral questions, and whether reforms are needed. It traces the evolution of capital punishment from its colonial origins to the contemporary “rarest of rare” doctrine established in the […]
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Published on 15th July 2025 Authored By: Drashti Jain Sage University Indore Introduction The practice of capital punishment in India continues to spark considerable debate, as the legal community and human rights advocates grapple with balancing the principles of justice against the protection of fundamental rights. Although the death penalty remains a legal form of
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Published on 05th May 2025 Authored By: Mannat Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Abstract Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, has been a controversial element of criminal law for many years, raising questions about its moral basis, effectiveness, and reconcilability with international human rights norms. Arguments in favour are that it
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Published On: 2nd May 2025 Authored By: Duvvuru Shiny Abraham Sri Eswar Reddy College of Law INTRODUCTION: Over the centuries, many dynasties have risen and fallen, but one constant has been the use of the death penalty as a method of administering justice. Capital punishment, or the death penalty, continues to raise complex concerns, particularly
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Published on 27th April 2025 Authored By: Bandhani Ghosh Shyambazar Law College, University of Calcutta Abstract Death Penalty or Capital Punishment is a form of punishment which enables the State to lawfully take the life of a convict. Such convict upon been sentenced a Death Penalty, is known as convict on a death row. Since
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