Trial and error
July 22, 2015 13:31
The Supreme Court, in its 1980 Bachan Singh vs State of Punjab ruling, laid down the "rarest of the rare' principle in handing out the death penalty. However, the high frequency of the award of capital punishment by trial courts across the country should give pause for thought.
New research findings from the Centre on the Death Penalty at the National Law University in Delhi show that trial courts handed down 1,800 death sentences over the last year.
Trial courts have been handing out death sentences at the rate of ten a month for the last 15 years. Much of the debate around the death penalty in India centres on Supreme Court rulings and observations, and with good reason. Read more
New research findings from the Centre on the Death Penalty at the National Law University in Delhi show that trial courts handed down 1,800 death sentences over the last year.
Trial courts have been handing out death sentences at the rate of ten a month for the last 15 years. Much of the debate around the death penalty in India centres on Supreme Court rulings and observations, and with good reason. Read more
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