Author: Ayush Ranjan ABSTRACT This article deals with two main aspects: the first deals with how rarest of the rare test, devised vis-d-vis the death penalty cases, was broken down into various factors and analysed whimsically. The second deals with what was the reasoning of the Court behind this whimsical engagement. Here the Court advanced the principles of ‘public opinion’ and 'triple test'. The problem with these approaches is that it defeats the entire purpose of the rar
