Supreme Court of India

Babasaheb Maruti Kamble v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 1154
Bench A. K. Sikri, Ashok Bhushan and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 1 November 2018

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Sentence/Sentencing: Death sentence – Award of, by court s below – Special Leave Petition filed thereagainst – Dismissed in limine with one word – Review petition filed against the dismis sal of SLP – Held: When death sentence is rare, there has to be an independe nt examination by this Court also, ‘unbound by the fin dings of the trial court and the High Court’ – Such approach is the ‘time- honoured practice of this Court’ – Thus, special leave petit ion filed in those cases where death sentence is awarded by the court s below, should not be dismissed without giving reasons, at lea st qua

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Of those, 3 mentioned

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