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Sep 2022
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55. To Die or Not To Die: Aruna Shanbaug...

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The case that we have for you today is as much about the crime as what happened next, about death as much as life. It is about morality as much as ethics, as much about the society we seek to create as much as the punishment it doles out to those who threaten it. This case will come to be discussed by generations of Indian law students. It is the story of a ... Show More
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