Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bachan_Singh_v._State_of_Punjab
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation (1980) 2 SCC 684
AIR 1980 SC 898
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:date 1980-05-09
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:P._N._Bhagwati
gptkbp:heldBy Death penalty is constitutional
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab
gptkbp:impact Set guidelines for awarding death penalty
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legalIssue Constitutionality of death penalty in India
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:P._N._Bhagwati
gptkb:Y._V._Chandrachud
A. N. Sen
R. S. Sarkaria
gptkbp:overruledBy Rajendra Prasad v. State of Uttar Pradesh
gptkbp:petitioner Bachan Singh
gptkbp:powers 5 judges
gptkbp:predecessor Machhi Singh v. State of Punjab
gptkbp:principle rarest of rare doctrine
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Article_21_of_the_Constitution_of_India
Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code
gptkbp:response gptkb:State_of_Punjab
gptkbp:subject Capital punishment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:V._R._Krishna_Iyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7