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Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
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Supreme Court of India24 Jan 2011Full text
2011 INSC 65 · [2011] 1 S.C.R. 829
between Judges on sentencing part - Pasayat, J. observed that the case fell within the category of the rarest of rare cases as the deceased was a helpless child of_Jender age and the appellant, being a watchman
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Supreme Court of India
Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
241–260 · Page 13 of 14
Supreme Court of India24 Jan 2011Full text
2011 INSC 65 · [2011] 1 S.C.R. 829
between Judges on sentencing part - Pasayat, J. observed that the case fell within the category of the rarest of rare cases as the deceased was a helpless child of_Jender age and the appellant, being a watchman
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Supreme Court of India
2011 INSC 636 · [2011] 11 S.C.R. 105
facts, the said act was a ghastly and brutal act - It falls in the category of rarest of rare cases in which death sentence should have been given - Reasoning of the High Court reducing the award of death
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Supreme Court of India9 Aug 2011Full text
2011 INSC 554 · [2011] 13 S.C.R. 636
SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2011] 13 (ADDL) S.C.R A applied by the constitutional courts 111 rarest of rare cases, and can undo laws which are tyrannical, violate the basic structure of the Indian Constitution, and the cherished norms
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Supreme Court of India13 May 2011Full text
2011 INSC 396 · [2011] 6 S.C.R. 800
proved against policemen in a trial, they must be given death sentence, treating it as the rarest of rare cases. Fake 'encounters' are nothing but cold blooded, brutal murder by persons G who are supposed to uphold the
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Supreme Court of India9 May 2011Full text
2011 INSC 368 · [2011] 6 S.C.R. 330
DELHI 331 Honour killings: Sentence/punishment for honour killing A - Held: Honour killings come within the category of rarest of rare cases deserving death punishment - Such barbaric, feudal practices are a slur on our nation and should be stamped
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Supreme Court of India29 Mar 2011Full text
2011 INSC 229 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 1091
and awarded deat.h F sentence, as murder by policemen in police custody is in the category of rarest of rare cases deserving death sentence, but surprisingly no charge under Section 302 IPC was framed against any of the
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Supreme Court of India18 Mar 2011Full text
2011 INSC 225 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 989
must be present to the mind of the judge, ... " 8. To insist on corroboration except in the rarest of rare c cases is to equate one who is a victim of the lust of another with an accomplice
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Supreme Court of India1 Mar 2011Full text
2011 INSC 168 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 437
whim or caprice. That E statutory power has to be exercised sparingly, with circumspection and in the rarest of rare cases. Thus, the High Court in exercise of inherent powers under Section 482, Criminal Procedure Code cannot quash
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Supreme Court of India15 Feb 2011Full text
2011 INSC 127 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 939
reasonable doubt - The killings by the accused were horrifying and barbaric - Case fell within the category of rarest of rare case - Conviction and death sentence upheld. Bachan Singh vs. State of Punjab, 1982 SCC 689; Atbir
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Supreme Court of India20 Oct 2010Full text
2010 INSC 713 · [2010] 14 S.C.R. 591
extreme power, which must be exercised very sparingly and with D abundant caution; that too in the rarest or rare cases. (ii) In exercise of its power under Section 482, the High Court has to consider the complaint
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Supreme Court of India17 Aug 2010Full text
2010 INSC 520 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 343
respondent was indeed heinous and barbaric but it still did not fall in the category of the "rarest of rare cases". The death reference was accordingly disallowed and the appeal of the respondent was F dismissed with the
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Supreme Court of India12 Aug 2010Full text
2010 INSC 507 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 1124
quashing a criminal proceeding should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest of rare cases; that the court will o not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the ·reliability
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Supreme Court of India22 Jul 2010Full text
2010 INSC 420 · [2010] 8 S.C.R. 811
where in a case of circumstantial evidence the Court even confirmed the death sentence as being rarest of rare cases. The Court clearly held that it is not a circumstance or some of the circumstances which by itself
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Supreme Court of India14 Jul 2025Full text
2025 INSC 843 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 777
entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with the settled principles of law – It is only in the rarest of the rare case that the Government may consider floating any scheme for rehabilitation of the displaced persons over and
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Supreme Court of India9 Dec 2024Full text
2024 INSC 947 · [2024] 12 S.C.R. 574
Death penalty/sentence; Confirmation of the death penalty/ sentence; ‘Rarest of the rare case’; Delay in execution of the sentence of death; Undue, unexplained, avoidable, inordinate delay; Effect of delay in executing the death sentence; Commutation of death sentence
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Supreme Court of India13 Sep 2023Full text
2023 INSC 829 · [2023] 12 S.C.R. 220
very sparingly with caution and circumspection – The Court held that the power must be exercised in the rarest of the rare cases. [Para 16] Practice and Procedure: Held: Earlier special leave petition fi led by accused no.2 was
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Supreme Court of India4 Sep 2023Full text
2023 INSC 793 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 1005
was charged with. The Trial Court treated the case as one falling under the category of “rarest of the rare cases” and sentenced the appellant to death. 11. The appellant herein being aggrieved with the judgment and order
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Supreme Court of India29 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 492 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 1166
all the three persons, we conclude that it is a gravest case of extreme culpability and the rarest of the rare case and death sentence G alone would be proper and adequate. 49. We have already noted that
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Supreme Court of India20 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 455 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 336
quashing a criminal proceeding should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest B of rare cases; that the court will not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability
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Supreme Court of India4 Nov 2022Full text
2022 INSC 1164 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 1035
for enhancement of the sentence to death as this is a faction fight and certainly not a rarest of the rare case qualifying imposition of death sentence. 173. PW-1 also filed Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 57/2022 under
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2011 INSC 636 · [2011] 11 S.C.R. 105
facts, the said act was a ghastly and brutal act - It falls in the category of rarest of rare cases in which death sentence should have been given - Reasoning of the High Court reducing the award of death
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India9 Aug 2011Full text
2011 INSC 554 · [2011] 13 S.C.R. 636
SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2011] 13 (ADDL) S.C.R A applied by the constitutional courts 111 rarest of rare cases, and can undo laws which are tyrannical, violate the basic structure of the Indian Constitution, and the cherished norms
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India13 May 2011Full text
2011 INSC 396 · [2011] 6 S.C.R. 800
proved against policemen in a trial, they must be given death sentence, treating it as the rarest of rare cases. Fake 'encounters' are nothing but cold blooded, brutal murder by persons G who are supposed to uphold the
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India9 May 2011Full text
2011 INSC 368 · [2011] 6 S.C.R. 330
DELHI 331 Honour killings: Sentence/punishment for honour killing A - Held: Honour killings come within the category of rarest of rare cases deserving death punishment - Such barbaric, feudal practices are a slur on our nation and should be stamped
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Supreme Court of India29 Mar 2011Full text
2011 INSC 229 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 1091
and awarded deat.h F sentence, as murder by policemen in police custody is in the category of rarest of rare cases deserving death sentence, but surprisingly no charge under Section 302 IPC was framed against any of the
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Supreme Court of India18 Mar 2011Full text
2011 INSC 225 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 989
must be present to the mind of the judge, ... " 8. To insist on corroboration except in the rarest of rare c cases is to equate one who is a victim of the lust of another with an accomplice
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Supreme Court of India1 Mar 2011Full text
2011 INSC 168 · [2011] 3 S.C.R. 437
whim or caprice. That E statutory power has to be exercised sparingly, with circumspection and in the rarest of rare cases. Thus, the High Court in exercise of inherent powers under Section 482, Criminal Procedure Code cannot quash
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Supreme Court of India15 Feb 2011Full text
2011 INSC 127 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 939
reasonable doubt - The killings by the accused were horrifying and barbaric - Case fell within the category of rarest of rare case - Conviction and death sentence upheld. Bachan Singh vs. State of Punjab, 1982 SCC 689; Atbir
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Supreme Court of India20 Oct 2010Full text
2010 INSC 713 · [2010] 14 S.C.R. 591
extreme power, which must be exercised very sparingly and with D abundant caution; that too in the rarest or rare cases. (ii) In exercise of its power under Section 482, the High Court has to consider the complaint
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Supreme Court of India17 Aug 2010Full text
2010 INSC 520 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 343
respondent was indeed heinous and barbaric but it still did not fall in the category of the "rarest of rare cases". The death reference was accordingly disallowed and the appeal of the respondent was F dismissed with the
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Supreme Court of India12 Aug 2010Full text
2010 INSC 507 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 1124
quashing a criminal proceeding should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest of rare cases; that the court will o not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the ·reliability
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Supreme Court of India22 Jul 2010Full text
2010 INSC 420 · [2010] 8 S.C.R. 811
where in a case of circumstantial evidence the Court even confirmed the death sentence as being rarest of rare cases. The Court clearly held that it is not a circumstance or some of the circumstances which by itself
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Supreme Court of India14 Jul 2025Full text
2025 INSC 843 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 777
entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with the settled principles of law – It is only in the rarest of the rare case that the Government may consider floating any scheme for rehabilitation of the displaced persons over and
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Supreme Court of India9 Dec 2024Full text
2024 INSC 947 · [2024] 12 S.C.R. 574
Death penalty/sentence; Confirmation of the death penalty/ sentence; ‘Rarest of the rare case’; Delay in execution of the sentence of death; Undue, unexplained, avoidable, inordinate delay; Effect of delay in executing the death sentence; Commutation of death sentence
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Supreme Court of India13 Sep 2023Full text
2023 INSC 829 · [2023] 12 S.C.R. 220
very sparingly with caution and circumspection – The Court held that the power must be exercised in the rarest of the rare cases. [Para 16] Practice and Procedure: Held: Earlier special leave petition fi led by accused no.2 was
Matched in judgment text
Supreme Court of India4 Sep 2023Full text
2023 INSC 793 · [2023] 11 S.C.R. 1005
was charged with. The Trial Court treated the case as one falling under the category of “rarest of the rare cases” and sentenced the appellant to death. 11. The appellant herein being aggrieved with the judgment and order
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Supreme Court of India29 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 492 · [2022] 8 S.C.R. 1166
all the three persons, we conclude that it is a gravest case of extreme culpability and the rarest of the rare case and death sentence G alone would be proper and adequate. 49. We have already noted that
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Supreme Court of India20 Apr 2022Full text
2022 INSC 455 · [2022] 3 S.C.R. 336
quashing a criminal proceeding should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too in the rarest B of rare cases; that the court will not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability
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Supreme Court of India4 Nov 2022Full text
2022 INSC 1164 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 1035
for enhancement of the sentence to death as this is a faction fight and certainly not a rarest of the rare case qualifying imposition of death sentence. 173. PW-1 also filed Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 57/2022 under
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