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    The Manthan debating society at VSJMC held a discussion on whether death penalty should be abolished. Fourteen students participated in the offline debate moderated by Harsh Singh on November 11th from 2-3:55 PM. Most participants argued that death penalty violates the right to life and there is a risk of error, supporting abolishing it. However, some pointed out exceptions could be made for rarest of rare crimes based on intent. Overall, most conclusions favored abolishing death penalty due to its irreversible nature and human rights issues.

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    Manthan: Debating Society, VSJMC

    Report – 11-11-2022

    Topic of the discussion:


    Should death penalty be abolished?

    Date and Timings:


    11th November 2022, 2:00 PM onwards

    Medium:
    Offline

    Faculty Coordinators:
    Dr. Sahil Koul
    Dr. Anuradha Mishra
    Dr. Chetna Bhatia

    Attendance List:

    Shayan Ahmad Shamim


    Aryan Garg
    Utkarsh Raj
    Harsh Singh
    Harshit Kalra
    Yash Mehra
    Mannat Arora
    Punyanjali Bhardwaj
    Mitansh Dawda
    Himanshi Yadav
    Aditi Aastha
    Omika Rakesh
    Mohak
    Tanushree Phogat
    REPORT OF THE SESSION

    An open house debate on the topic- ‘Should death penalty be abolished?’ was organized by
    Manthan, the debating society of VIPS in the presence of faculty coordinators Dr. Sahil Kaul,
    Dr. Anuradha Mishra and Dr. Chetna Bhatia on November 11 that started at 2:00 PM and was
    concluded at 3:55 PM.

    The participants were Shayan Ahmad Shamim, Aryan Garg, Utkarsh Raj, Harsh Singh, Harshit
    Kalra, Yash Mehra, Mannat Arora, Punyanjali Bhardwaj, Mitansh Dawda, Himanshi Yadav,
    Aditi Aastha, Omika Rakesh, Mohak and Tanushree Phogat.

    Harsh Singh was the moderator and initiated the event by introducing the topic. Punyanjali
    started the debate by putting forth the point that death penalty directly scraps the right to life
    and thus should be abolished and gave her agreement towards the motion. Shayan countered
    this stating that death penalty is not listed in IPC but in CRPC, he further talked about the case
    of Bachchan Singh vs Punjab police and stood against the motion. The debate initially revolved
    around the moral grounds wherein Yash, Aditi, Tanushree, Mitansh, and Mannat brought to
    light the humane and philosophical factors related to death penalty and sided in favor of its
    abolition, supporting the same view Aryan presented some statistics indicating an error of 25%
    in death penalty cases which gave a new direction to the debate. Himanshi added that the
    intentions of the crime should be kept in mind. Shayan brought up the doctrine of rarest of the
    rare.
    The debate ended with the concluding remarks of all the participants. Most of the opinions
    stood in favor of the motion and emphasized the abolition of death penalty.

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