Mitigating factors in death penalty cases

Mitigating factors in death penalty cases

In Bachan Singh (1980), the Supreme Court introduced the ‘rarest of rare cases’ standard for awarding the death penalty. But how do courts assess mitigating factors during sentencing?

In this video, we explore the uneven application of these factors, from Bachan Singh to the recent Ramesh A. Naika judgement, where the Supreme Court overturned a death sentence.

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Interview | Justice Sapana Malla, Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal

Interview | Justice Sapana Malla, Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal

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Interview | Justice Naima Haider, Judge, Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Interview | Justice Naima Haider, Judge, Supreme Court of Bangladesh

In conversation with the Supreme Court Observer, at the 36th LAWASIA Conference, Justice Naima Haider discusses gender equality in the judiciary, the pros and cons of the appellate system within the S...

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Challenge to the Electoral Bonds Scheme | Day 2

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Challenge to the Electoral Bonds Scheme | Day 1

Challenge to the Electoral Bonds Scheme | Day 1

On Day 1, petitioners argued that anonymous corporate funding decimates a representative democracy

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Privacy v Transparency: The Electoral Bonds Story

Privacy v Transparency: The Electoral Bonds Story

What impact does the Electoral Bonds Scheme have on the Indian Democracy? What is the challenge against it?

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Validity of an unstamped arbitration agreement

Validity of an unstamped arbitration agreement

As a seven-judge bench deliberates the validity of an unstamped arbitration agreement, we detail everything that has happened so far

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Supreme Court’s Monthly Review: October 2023

Supreme Court’s Monthly Review: October 2023

What happened at the Supreme Court in October 2023? We recap all the notable developments.

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Precedential Value: What were the cases cited in the Article 370 hearings?

Precedential Value: What were the cases cited in the Article 370 hearings?

The parties in the challenge to the abrogation of Article 370 relied heavily on case laws that discuss the various features of the provision, the powers of the President and J&K’s Constituent Assembly...

27 Okt 20235min

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