Capital Punishment In India: Justice Or Revenge: A Critical Legal Analysis
IJLLR Journal
Khushbu Singh, Saraswati Kahar & Rupali Pandey, KES' Shri Jayantilal H. Patel Law College ABSTRACT Capital punishment, commonly known as the death penalty, remains one of the most contentious issues in the Indian legal system. Despite the constitutional guarantees of the right to life under Article 21, Indian courts continue to award the death sentence in cases classified as the "rarest of rare." This paper examines the historical evolution, constitutional validity, judicial interpretation,.