• Is the death penalty inhumane?

  • Dec 17 2024
  • Length: 3 mins
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Is the death penalty inhumane?

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  • In 1980, a majority of four out of five judges upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in Bachan Singh v State of Punjab. The sole dissenter was Justice P.N. Bhagwati, who noted the inherent arbitrariness and inhumanity of the death penalty in a detailed opinion.

    In the latest article as part of our special series commemorating 75 years of the Court, Shreya Rastogi and Neetika Vishwanath from Project 39A highlight the advances in empirical research on capital punishment since the decision in Bachan Singh. They argue that the reality today proves many of Justice Bhagwati's concerns to be true.


    Read it here: https://www.scobserver.in/75-years-of-sc/how-justice-bhagwatis-44-year-old-dissent-mirrors-the-state-of-death-penalty-in-india/

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