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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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Calcutta High Court14 Aug 2026Full text
CRR/2448/2024
The power of quashing should be exercised sparingly with circumspection, as it has been observed, in the ‘rarest of rare cases (not to be confused with the formation in the context of death penalty). ii) Criminal proceedings ought
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Andhra Pradesh High Court1 Sep 2026Full text
CRLP/6761/2025
quashing the criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too, in the
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.
141–160 · Page 8 of 16
Calcutta High Court14 Aug 2026Full text
CRR/2448/2024
The power of quashing should be exercised sparingly with circumspection, as it has been observed, in the ‘rarest of rare cases (not to be confused with the formation in the context of death penalty). ii) Criminal proceedings ought
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Andhra Pradesh High Court1 Sep 2026Full text
CRLP/6761/2025
quashing the criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and with circumspection and that too, in the
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Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2025Full text
2025 INSC 990 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 966
incident. The totality of the circumstances has to be looked into and it is only in the rarest of rare cases, where there is absolutely no evidence or the charges are not made out prima facie that trial
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Supreme Court of India16 Jul 2025Full text
2025 INSC 862 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 550
applied is as to whether the conduct of the Appellant-convict meets the standard of ‘rarest of rare cases’. This has been the consistent position in confirmation of sentences of death imposed by the trial courts, ever since
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Supreme Court of India29 Apr 2025Full text
2025 INSC 582 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2421
The power of quashing should be exercised sparingly with circumspection, as it has been observed, in the “rarest of rare cases” (not to be confused with the formation in the context of death penalty). 33.5. While examining
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Supreme Court of India22 Apr 2025Full text
2025 INSC 529 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 1507
Anr. List of Keywords Murder; Murder by setting on fire; Pouring of kerosene; Burn injuries; Capital punishment; Rarest of rare case; Dying declaration; Testimony of minor; Preliminary questions not put to minor witness; Competent to depose; Material contradictions
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Supreme Court of India26 Mar 2025Full text
2025 INSC 397 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1174
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 not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability
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Supreme Court of India6 Jan 2025Full text
2025 INSC 35 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 1
possible hypothesis is excluded. 11.14 That the instant case does not fall within the purview of the rarest of rare cases. The High Court affirmed the death sentence awarded to the accused without adverting to the relevant mitigating
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Supreme Court of India11 Nov 2025Full text
2025 INSC 1308 · [2025] 12 S.C.R. 152
Characterising the petitioner as a serial killer, this Court held that the case fell within the “rarest of rare” category and upheld the sentence of death. 7.4. On 28.10.2014, after an open-court hearing, this Court dismissed Review
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Supreme Court of India6 Nov 2025Full text
2025 INSC 1287 · [2025] 11 S.C.R. 273
counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.6/State argues that power of quashing should be exercised only in rarest of rare cases. The High Court while examining an FIR/complaint ought not to embark upon an enquiry as to the
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Supreme Court of India29 Jan 2025Full text
2025 INSC 120 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1105
Learned State counsel submits that the instant case is the rarest of rare case, whereby, capital punishment is required to be imposed upon the present convicts/accused. However, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, the above
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Supreme Court of India10 Sep 2025Full text
2025 INSC 1097 · [2025] 9 S.C.R. 585
the death penalty – The irreversible nature of capital punishment demands that it be imposed only in the “rarest of rare” cases and only when the prosecution has led unimpeachable, cogent, and convincing evidence that excludes every hypothesis
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Supreme Court of India17 Dec 2024Full text
2024 INSC 987 · [2024] 12 S.C.R. 1072
case where possibility of reformation is completely ruled out – Even though the case falls short of the rarest of rare category, in view of the nature of the crime, a sentence of life imprisonment which normally works out
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Supreme Court of India22 Oct 2024Full text
2024 INSC 807 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1902
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 not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability
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Supreme Court of India12 Sep 2024Full text
2024 INSC 720 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 37
the appellant – As far as the question whether the present case falls under the category of ‘rarest of rare case’ is concerned, in the present case, it is to be noted that the appellant comes from a socio
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Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2024Full text
2024 INSC 716 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 154
death penalty. But the community will not do so in every case. It may do so in rarest of rare cases when its collective conscience is so shocked that it will expect the holders of the judicial power
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Supreme Court of India17 May 2024Full text
2024 INSC 455 · [2024] 5 S.C.R. 1159
view – The exception that has been carved out in Kunhayammed, will only be permissible in the rarest of rare cases and such a deviation can be invoked sparingly only – However, among such exceptions, the extraordinary constitutional powers vested
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Supreme Court of India3 May 2024Full text
2024 INSC 369 · [2024] 6 S.C.R. 129
note of caution was, however, added that the power should be exercised sparingly and that too in rarest of rare cases. The illustrative categories indicated by this Court are as follows: "(1) Where the allegations made in the
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Supreme Court of India10 Apr 2024Full text
2024 INSC 292 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 473
cause the perpetuation of irremediable injustice. Justice Quadri observed: “42. … the duty to do justice in these rarest of rare cases shall have to prevail over the policy of certainty of judgment as though it is essentially
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Supreme Court of India5 Apr 2024Full text
2024 INSC 278 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 372
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 not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability
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Supreme Court of India18 Aug 2025Full text
2025 INSC 990 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 966
incident. The totality of the circumstances has to be looked into and it is only in the rarest of rare cases, where there is absolutely no evidence or the charges are not made out prima facie that trial
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Supreme Court of India16 Jul 2025Full text
2025 INSC 862 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 550
applied is as to whether the conduct of the Appellant-convict meets the standard of ‘rarest of rare cases’. This has been the consistent position in confirmation of sentences of death imposed by the trial courts, ever since
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Supreme Court of India29 Apr 2025Full text
2025 INSC 582 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2421
The power of quashing should be exercised sparingly with circumspection, as it has been observed, in the “rarest of rare cases” (not to be confused with the formation in the context of death penalty). 33.5. While examining
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Supreme Court of India22 Apr 2025Full text
2025 INSC 529 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 1507
Anr. List of Keywords Murder; Murder by setting on fire; Pouring of kerosene; Burn injuries; Capital punishment; Rarest of rare case; Dying declaration; Testimony of minor; Preliminary questions not put to minor witness; Competent to depose; Material contradictions
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Supreme Court of India26 Mar 2025Full text
2025 INSC 397 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1174
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 not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability
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Supreme Court of India6 Jan 2025Full text
2025 INSC 35 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 1
possible hypothesis is excluded. 11.14 That the instant case does not fall within the purview of the rarest of rare cases. The High Court affirmed the death sentence awarded to the accused without adverting to the relevant mitigating
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Supreme Court of India11 Nov 2025Full text
2025 INSC 1308 · [2025] 12 S.C.R. 152
Characterising the petitioner as a serial killer, this Court held that the case fell within the “rarest of rare” category and upheld the sentence of death. 7.4. On 28.10.2014, after an open-court hearing, this Court dismissed Review
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Supreme Court of India6 Nov 2025Full text
2025 INSC 1287 · [2025] 11 S.C.R. 273
counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.6/State argues that power of quashing should be exercised only in rarest of rare cases. The High Court while examining an FIR/complaint ought not to embark upon an enquiry as to the
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Supreme Court of India29 Jan 2025Full text
2025 INSC 120 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1105
Learned State counsel submits that the instant case is the rarest of rare case, whereby, capital punishment is required to be imposed upon the present convicts/accused. However, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, the above
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Supreme Court of India10 Sep 2025Full text
2025 INSC 1097 · [2025] 9 S.C.R. 585
the death penalty – The irreversible nature of capital punishment demands that it be imposed only in the “rarest of rare” cases and only when the prosecution has led unimpeachable, cogent, and convincing evidence that excludes every hypothesis
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Supreme Court of India17 Dec 2024Full text
2024 INSC 987 · [2024] 12 S.C.R. 1072
case where possibility of reformation is completely ruled out – Even though the case falls short of the rarest of rare category, in view of the nature of the crime, a sentence of life imprisonment which normally works out
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Supreme Court of India22 Oct 2024Full text
2024 INSC 807 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1902
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 not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability
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Supreme Court of India12 Sep 2024Full text
2024 INSC 720 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 37
the appellant – As far as the question whether the present case falls under the category of ‘rarest of rare case’ is concerned, in the present case, it is to be noted that the appellant comes from a socio
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Supreme Court of India23 Sep 2024Full text
2024 INSC 716 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 154
death penalty. But the community will not do so in every case. It may do so in rarest of rare cases when its collective conscience is so shocked that it will expect the holders of the judicial power
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Supreme Court of India17 May 2024Full text
2024 INSC 455 · [2024] 5 S.C.R. 1159
view – The exception that has been carved out in Kunhayammed, will only be permissible in the rarest of rare cases and such a deviation can be invoked sparingly only – However, among such exceptions, the extraordinary constitutional powers vested
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Supreme Court of India3 May 2024Full text
2024 INSC 369 · [2024] 6 S.C.R. 129
note of caution was, however, added that the power should be exercised sparingly and that too in rarest of rare cases. The illustrative categories indicated by this Court are as follows: "(1) Where the allegations made in the
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Supreme Court of India10 Apr 2024Full text
2024 INSC 292 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 473
cause the perpetuation of irremediable injustice. Justice Quadri observed: “42. … the duty to do justice in these rarest of rare cases shall have to prevail over the policy of certainty of judgment as though it is essentially
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Supreme Court of India5 Apr 2024Full text
2024 INSC 278 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 372
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 not be justified in embarking upon an enquiry as to the reliability
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