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Capital Punishment in India: Constitutional Endurance and Global Trends

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Published On: December 19th 2025 Authored By: Tanushree Sagar Jaiswal NMIMS Navi Mumbai Introduction The death penalty remains one of the most contentious issues in Indian criminal jurisprudence, embodying a clash between the state’s retributive authority and the individual’s fundamental right to life. While India retains capital punishment for a limited number of offences, judicial […]

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Death Penalty in India: Constitutional Validity and  Global Trends

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Published On: December 18th 2025 Authored By: Mansvi Katiyar Law Centre 1, Faculty of Law, DU ABSTRACT  This piece examines the changes in the death penalty in India from an amended constitutional  law perspective throughout history. It stresses some of the critical judgments passed down from  the courts that shaped the whole ‘rarest of rare’

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Death Penalty in India: Constitutional Validity and Global Trends

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Published On: December 17th 2025 Authored By: Amisha Modi Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University Abstract: The death penalty, or capital punishment, is one of the most debated issues in the criminal justice system. In India, it continues to exist in law but is surrounded by serious constitutional, moral, and human rights questions. While the Constitution guarantees

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DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA: CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY AND GLOBAL TRENDS

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Published On: December 17th 2025 Authored By: Susmitha Chimmiry KL College of Law ABSTRACT Capital punishment, commonly known as the death penalty, is legally permitted in India for the most serious crimes such as murder, rape, and other serious offences as defined by law. Its origins lie in the principle of retributive justice, aiming to

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Death Penalty in India: Constitutional Validity and Global Trends

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Published On: December 12th 2025 Authored By: Logavarshini S Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai Introduction  The death penalty, or capital punishment, has always been one of the most contested aspects of criminal justice. It represents the State’s ultimate power, the authority to take away life in the name of justice. While some argue that the

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