Explanation
The correct answer is A: 35th Report.
The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body that advises the government on legal reform. It was established in 1955 and is reconstituted every three years.
The 35th Report of the Law Commission of India was published in 1967 and recommended the retention of the death penalty in India. The report noted that the death penalty was necessary in cases of heinous crimes, such as murder and terrorism, to maintain social order and act as a deterrent.
The 35th Report also recommended that the death penalty be imposed only in the "rarest of rare" cases, where the crime is extremely grave and the offender is beyond reform. The report suggested that the judiciary should exercise its discretion carefully in deciding whether to impose the death penalty.
Since then, the Law Commission has published several reports on the death penalty, including the 262nd Report in 2015, which recommended the abolition of the death penalty for all crimes except terrorism and waging war against the country. However, the government has not yet acted on this recommendation.
