Supreme Court of India

Santa Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1977] 1 S.C.R. 229

Bench P. N. Bhagwati and S. Murtaza Fazal Ali JJ.

Decided 17 August 1976

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2020 Ex-gunner Virender Prasad v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2019 Dattatraya @ Datta Ambo Rokade v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2019 Md Mannan @ Abdul Mannan v. State of Bihar relied on
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2013 Gopal Singh v. State of Uttarakhand relied on
2012 Ajay Pandit @ Jagdish Dayabhai Patel & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2025 Dashwanth v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2023 Sundar @ Sundarrajan v. State by Inspector of Police referred to
2022 In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to Be Considered While Imposing Death Sentences v. In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to Be Considered While Imposing Death Sentences referred to
2021 Irappa Siddappa Murgannavar v. State of Karnataka referred to
2020 Shatrughna Baban Meshram v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2019 Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Sr. Sec. School & Anr. v. Vasu Sena & Anr. referred to
2019 Manoharan v. State by Inspector of Police, Variety Hall Police Station, Coimbatore referred to
2019 Accused 'x' v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2011 Rajesh Kumar v. State through Govt. of Nct of Delhi-ii referred to
2020 Manoj Suryavanshi v. State of Chhattisgarh not applicable

Of those, 6 relied on · 9 referred to · 1 not applicable

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