State Of Karnataka And Ors. vs H. Nagaraj on 23 October, 1997
In State of Karnataka v. H. Nagaraj (supra), which has been relied on by the learned
advocate for the petitioner, the Supreme Court has reiterated its view with regard to invocation of the
principle of proportionality regarding punishment. It has been held by the Supreme Court that only in
a case where punishment was totally irrational in the sense it was in outrageous defiance of logic or
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moral standards, the said principle could be invoked. Such ingredients are, however, not present in
the facts of the instant case.