Bachan Singh Etc. Etc vs State Of Punjab Etc. Etc on 16 August, 1982
Equivalent citations ... Bhagwati
Bench: P.N. Bhagwati , Y.V. Chandrachud
PETITIONER:
BACHAN SINGH ETC. ETC.
Vs.
RESPONDENT:
STATE OF PUNJAB ETC. ETC.
DATE OF JUDGMENT
Bachan Singh vs State Of Punjab on 9 May, 1980
Equivalent citations: AIR1980SC898, 1980CRILJ636, 1982(1)SCALE713, (1980)2SCC684, [1983]1SCR145, AIR 1980 SUPREME COURT ... CrPC, 1973.
2. The reference has arisen in these circumstances : Bachan Singh, appellant in Criminal Appeal No. 273 of 1979, was tried and convicted
first go to its precursor, the Constitution Bench
decision in Bachan Singh vs. State of Punjab , AIR 1980 SC 898 and to
an earlier Constitution ... that is the precursor of Bachan Singh. The
decisions in Jagmohan Singh and Bachan Singh deal with the recurrent
debate on abolition of death penalty
cases and this
is the accepted position of law. [524B-D]
Bachan Singh etc. etc. v. State of Punjab ... State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali, [1952] SCR 284; Bachan
Singh v. State of Punjab [1980] 2 SCC 684; Mithu v. State of
Punjab
Bachan Singh, Sher Singh And Anr. And ... vs State Of Punjab And Ors. on 16 August, 1982
Equivalent citations: AIR1982SC1325
Author: P.N. Bhagwati
Bench
neck. The injuries of Ajit Singh and
Jarnail Singh were found to be simple. Mohinder Singh was
examined by Dr. S. P. Mago on July ... evidence was that Bachan Singh
(DW 6) was admitted in Batala hospital a few minutes before
Joginder Singh and Lakba Singh deceased were brought there
Bachan Singh vs Swaran Singh on 6 March, 2000
Equivalent citations: (2000)126PLR416, AIR 2001 PUNJAB AND HARYANA
accused placed reliance on the judgments
of this Court in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (1980) 2 SCC 684, Mohd.
Chaman vs. State ... rape etc. have also gone into the judicial mind.
20. In Bachan Singh (supra), while determining the constitutional
validity of the death penalty, this Court
Munna Choubey
[2005 (2) SCC 712].
33. In Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab [1980 (2) SCC 684] a
Constitution Bench of this Court ... this background the guidelines indicated in Bachan Singh 's case (surpa) will
have to be culled out and applied to the facts of each
DEATH PENALTY
A Constitution Bench of this Court in Bachan Singh v. State of
Punjab [(1980) 2 SCC 684] repelled the challenge of constitutionality ... death penalty by laying down the framework law on this point. Bachan
Singh (supra) serves as a watershed moment in the history of death penalty
