Should Mercy Killing in India Be Legalised – a Critical Analysis
INDIAN PENAL CODE PROJECT ON
SHOULD MERCY KILLING IN INDIA BE LEGALISED – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB, PATIALA
PROJECT REPORT ON PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT OF SIXTH SEMESTER
Submitted To: Submitted By: Dr. Sachiv Kumar Shubham Mehta 401 Assistant Professor of Law Deepika Chouhan 421
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Abhimanyu J Rajpurohit 441
Punjab. Arashdeep Singh Gurm 461
Mr. Gurneet Dhaliwal group no. 1
Assistant Professor of Law
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law,
Punjab.
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the Project Report entitled: SHOULD MERCY KILLING IN INDIA BE LEGALISED – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS submitted to Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab in partial fulfillment of the B.A. LL.B (Hons.), sixth semester is an original and bonafide research work carried out by Mr. Shubham Mehta, Ms. Deepika Chouhan, Mr. Abhimanyu J. Rajpurohit and Mr. Arashdeep Singh Gurm under my supervision and guidance. It is further said that no part of this study has been submitted to any University for the award of any Degree or Diploma whatsoever.
Mr. Gurneet Singh Dhaliwal
Dr. Sachiv Kumar
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The gratification and elation on the completion of this project will be incomplete without mentioning all the people who helped to make it possible, whose guidance and encouragement was valuable to us.
We express our sincere and heartiest thanks to Mr. Gurneet Dhaliwal and Dr. Sachiv Kumar who have been a constant source of inspiration to us in completing the project to its rightful path.
We are immensely indebted to for their inspiring guidance and kind suggestion in carrying out
SHOULD MERCY KILLING IN INDIA BE LEGALISED – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB, PATIALA
PROJECT REPORT ON PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT OF SIXTH SEMESTER
Submitted To: Submitted By: Dr. Sachiv Kumar Shubham Mehta 401 Assistant Professor of Law Deepika Chouhan 421
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Abhimanyu J Rajpurohit 441
Punjab. Arashdeep Singh Gurm 461
Mr. Gurneet Dhaliwal group no. 1
Assistant Professor of Law
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law,
Punjab.
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the Project Report entitled: SHOULD MERCY KILLING IN INDIA BE LEGALISED – A CRITICAL ANALYSIS submitted to Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab in partial fulfillment of the B.A. LL.B (Hons.), sixth semester is an original and bonafide research work carried out by Mr. Shubham Mehta, Ms. Deepika Chouhan, Mr. Abhimanyu J. Rajpurohit and Mr. Arashdeep Singh Gurm under my supervision and guidance. It is further said that no part of this study has been submitted to any University for the award of any Degree or Diploma whatsoever.
Mr. Gurneet Singh Dhaliwal
Dr. Sachiv Kumar
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The gratification and elation on the completion of this project will be incomplete without mentioning all the people who helped to make it possible, whose guidance and encouragement was valuable to us.
We express our sincere and heartiest thanks to Mr. Gurneet Dhaliwal and Dr. Sachiv Kumar who have been a constant source of inspiration to us in completing the project to its rightful path.
We are immensely indebted to for their inspiring guidance and kind suggestion in carrying out
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