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In 1980, the Supreme Court in the Bachan Singh vs State of Punjab abolished the mandatory death penalty in cases of murder and propounded the â€œrarest of rareâ€doctrine, allowing courts to impose death penalty in cases such as murder, terrorism, treason, espionage.

Why capital punishment must stay

When delivered scrupulously, the death penalty can uphold our moral conscience.

26 March 2017 5:25 AM IST