Mehrotra, Abhinav 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3146-8426 and Upadhyay, Amit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-1499
(2026)
Why India must do away with capital punishment.
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Policy Circle, India.
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Abstract
A question mark over capital punishment: The debate over the death penalty in India has usually turned on the larger constitutional question of whether the State should possess the power to take a life at all. A related but distinct question has received far less attention: if the state retains that power, how should it be exercised?
| Item Type: | Other Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Capital punishment | Legal hanging |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Law and Legal Studies |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Syed Anas Ali |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2026 03:46 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2026 03:46 |
| Official URL: | https://www.policycircle.org/opinion/capital-punis... |
| URI: | https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/12527 |
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