Supreme Court of India
Smt. Shashi Nayyar v. Union of India.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the capital punishment as provided by the law is to be awarded in rarest of the rare cases as held by this Court.
Judgment, page 3
From the headnote
The petitioner’s husband was tried under Section 302, IPC for having killed his father and step brother. The Sessions Judge convicted awarding sentence of death. On appeal, the High Court confirmed the death penalty against which a special leave petition before this Court was filed and same was also dismissed. The Review Petition filed by him was also dismissed. His mercy petitions filed before the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir and the President of India, were rejected.
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