A Study of the Legitamacy of Death Penalty Provisions in India

Abstract

Most nations across the world no longer enforce the death penalty. However, there isn't a global majority against its application. The most powerful nation in this world, the US, regularly uses the death penalty, & China, the nation with the largest population, executes thousands of people annually. The death 84 nations still impose penalties. However, the number of nations that still use the death sentence is declining, thus it's feasible that pressure and public opinion on a worldwide scale may eventually convince everyone countries to abandon this practice. A human being is entitled to certain essential rights, such as right to life. Without a doubt, a person's death is a certain event with irreversible consequences. The death penalty is not a modern invention. It has been proposed that that the earliest form of punishment is death punishments, dating back to the dawn of time.1 India is one of the countries that practices capital punishment, along with the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, and Pakistan. China is a nation with the highest rate of execution of death sentences. In some Arab heading and stoning are also performed in public in certain Arab nations. b In other nations, public stoning and beheading are also practiced. Humans Neither demons intent on destroying one another nor angels able to only do good if it means destroying themselves. Considering human nature, complete abolition of crime from society is unthinkable, not to mention impossible.2