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Case law
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Case law
Find cases by citation, principle, judge or linked provision, then read the available judgment and its source.
(1980) 2 SCC 684
Death penalty under Section 302 IPC can only be awarded in the 'rarest of rare' cases when alternative option of life imprisonment is unquestionably foreclosed; balance sheet of aggravating and mitigating factors. | Rarest of rare doctrine governing capital punishment applied to Section 103 BNS (punishment for murder).
(1973) 4 SCC 225
Established Basic Structure Doctrine; Parliament has wide power to amend any part of the Constitution under Article 368, but cannot alter, damage, or destroy its Basic Structure.
Read caseAIR 1955 SC 65
Article 136 confers extraordinary and residual power on Supreme Court to interfere where tribunals violate principles of natural justice or arrive at arbitrary conclusions causing manifest injustice.
Read caseAIR 1950 SC 169
Special leave under Article 136 will not be granted as a matter of course; powers are discretionary and reserved for exceptional circumstances where substantial and grave injustice has been done.
Read case(1980) 2 SCC 684
Death penalty under Section 302 IPC can only be awarded in the 'rarest of rare' cases when alternative option of life imprisonment is unquestionably foreclosed; balance sheet of aggravating and mitigating factors. | Rarest of rare doctrine governing capital punishment applied to Section 103 BNS (punishment for murder).
(1973) 4 SCC 225
Established Basic Structure Doctrine; Parliament has wide power to amend any part of the Constitution under Article 368, but cannot alter, damage, or destroy its Basic Structure.
Read caseAIR 1955 SC 65
Article 136 confers extraordinary and residual power on Supreme Court to interfere where tribunals violate principles of natural justice or arrive at arbitrary conclusions causing manifest injustice.
Read caseAIR 1950 SC 169
Special leave under Article 136 will not be granted as a matter of course; powers are discretionary and reserved for exceptional circumstances where substantial and grave injustice has been done.
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