LEGAL WORD
Rarest of rare
Doctrine · Criminal law
Rarest of rare
- Type: Doctrine
- Area of law: Criminal law
1 What it means
The test for imposing the death penalty laid down in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab (1980). Life imprisonment is the rule, death the exception.
2 Use it in a sentence
The court held the case did not meet the rarest of rare test.
3 Make it stick
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