Devender Pal Singh, Dharmendra Singh, ... vs State, N.C.T. Of Delhi & Another, State ...

The Supreme Court, while dismissing the review petitions, held that the death sentence should be altered to life imprisonment based on the principle established in Bachan Singh v. State of Punjab, which restricts the death penalty to 'rarest of rare cases'. The Court emphasized that reliance solely on confessional statements, deemed unreliable, necessitates reconsideration of the sentence. The judgment concluded that life imprisonment suffices to meet the ends of justice, aligning with Article 21 of the Constitution.