Breaking; SC Commutes Death Sentences of 15 Prisoners including Rajiv Assassins and Veerappan aides. [Read Judgment]
11 years, 2 months ago

Breaking; SC Commutes Death Sentences of 15 Prisoners including Rajiv Assassins and Veerappan aides. [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

In a landmark judgment Supreme Court held that delay in disposing mercy petition is a ground to commute the capital sentence in to Imprisonment for Life. Court Commuted death sentence of 15 condemned prisoners including four aides of Veerappan and Rajiv Gndhi assassins to life term mainly on ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea by the government.The Supreme Court also held that a. Court Commuted death sentence of 15 condemned prisoners including four aides of Veerappan and Rajiv Gndhi assassins to life term mainly on ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea by the government. The Highlights of the Judgment Death convict and his family members must be informed after his mercy plea is rejected by the President or governor Condemned prisoners must be given a chance to meet their family members before execution of death sentence A death convict must be hanged within 14 days after dismissal of his mercy petition Legal aid be provided inside jail to the condemned prisoners Solitary confinement of a death convict and other prisoners is unconstitutional Death sentence of a condemned prisoner cannot be executed if he is suffering from mental illness and schizophrenia and must be commuted to life sentence.

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HC commutes death sentence awarded to four to life sentence
6 days ago

HC commutes death sentence awarded to four to life sentence

The Hindu  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded by the Second Additional District and Sessions Court, Tirunelveli, to four persons to life term. In 2014, the Second Additional District and Sessions Court awarded death sentences to Ponnumani, Gurusamy, Muthukrishnan and Kaliraj and imposed a fine on them. The trial court also awarded life sentence …

SC sets aside death penalty to man convicted of killing wife, daughter
1 month, 1 week ago

SC sets aside death penalty to man convicted of killing wife, daughter

Hindustan Times  

India’s criminal justice system disproportionately disadvantages the accused, especially those who are economically or socially vulnerable, the Supreme Court has lamented while setting aside the death penalty awarded to a man convicted of murdering his wife and 12-year-old daughter. The court held that the accused was denied a fair trial due to procedural deficiencies, including the absence of legal representation …

Capital Punishment An Exception; Even In Cases Of Multiple Murders, Avoid Death Sentence If There's Possibility Of Reform : Supreme Court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Capital Punishment An Exception; Even In Cases Of Multiple Murders, Avoid Death Sentence If There's Possibility Of Reform : Supreme Court

Live Law  

Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a man for murdering his wife and four minor daughters but commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment without remission, citing a lack of criminal antecedents, prison reports indicating reform potential, and precedents against the death penalty in multiple-murder cases.The Court added that even in cases involving multiple murders, no. Recently, the …

'Either You Decide Or We'll Hear' : Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Union On Balwant Singh's Mercy Plea, Posts On March 18
2 months ago

'Either You Decide Or We'll Hear' : Supreme Court Gives Last Chance To Union On Balwant Singh's Mercy Plea, Posts On March 18

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today stated that either the Union Government will take a decision or the Court will decide on the merits of the mercy petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, Babbar Khalsa terrorist, seeking commutation of the death sentence awarded to him in the Punjab CM Beant Singh assassination case. Singh, a police officer in Punjab, was convicted on …

Court's 'last opportunity' to Centre to decide on Beant Singh killer's mercy plea
2 months ago

Court's 'last opportunity' to Centre to decide on Beant Singh killer's mercy plea

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Centre additional time to decide on the mercy petition of Khalistani terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The top court was hearing Rajoana's plea, which seeks to commute his death sentence to a life term, citing "inordinate delay" in deciding his …

'Death Penalty Not Warranted': Chhattisgarh HC Commutes Capital Sentence Awarded To Man For Murder Of Wife & Three Minor Children
3 months ago

'Death Penalty Not Warranted': Chhattisgarh HC Commutes Capital Sentence Awarded To Man For Murder Of Wife & Three Minor Children

Live Law  

The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently commuted the extreme sentence of death awarded by a Sessions Court to a man who was found guilty for commission of murder of his wife and three minor children. While finding the crime to be heinous but not 'rarest of rare', the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Singh and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad …

SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition
4 months ago

SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court of India has granted the central government four weeks to decide on the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict involved in the 1995 assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The court’s decision, issued on November 23, 2024, came after Rajoana’s legal team and advocates argued that his execution had been repeatedly delayed and that …

'Sensitive Matter' : Union Seeks More Time On Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing By 4 Weeks
4 months ago

'Sensitive Matter' : Union Seeks More Time On Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing By 4 Weeks

Live Law  

Specifically on Rohatgi's arguments on national security, Counsel for Punjab responded: "An affidavit was filed by the Union, wherein a national threat was stated in the affidavit that there is national threat on release of this person." However, while confirming the conviction of a co-accused Jagtar Singh Hawara, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. However, on …

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC
4 months ago

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that there was sensitivity involved in the matter related to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai was hearing Rajoana's plea seeking directions to commute his …

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral
4 months ago

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral

ABP News  

Rajoana was linked to the Babbar Khalsa, a militant Sikh separatist group responsible for violent activities during the insurgency in Punjab. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Rajoana termed the delay in deciding the mercy petition by President as "shocking". He pressed for an interim relief, saying that he has been in the jail for 29 years and the court …

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks
4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks

Live Law  

Specifically on Rohatgi's arguments on national security, Counsel for Punjab responded: "An affidavit was filed by the Union, wherein a national threat was stated in the affidavit that there is national threat on release of this person." However, while confirming the conviction of a co-accused Jagtar Singh Hawara, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. However, on …

Expedite Beant Singh's killer's mercy plea: Supreme Court to President's Office
4 months, 1 week ago

Expedite Beant Singh's killer's mercy plea: Supreme Court to President's Office

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered President Droupadi Murmu's office to take a decision on the mercy petition of the death-row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana within two weeks. The court said that it would consider the mercy petition of Rajoana if the President's office does not make a decision on it. Meanwhile, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench led …

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea
7 months, 1 week ago

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case. In May, the Supreme Court also agreed to hear another plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the high court's …

Orissa HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment to rape-murder convict
9 months ago

Orissa HC commutes death sentence to life imprisonment to rape-murder convict

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The death sentence awarded to Sk Asif Ali, a rape and murder convict, by a Special Pocso court was commuted to imprisonment for life by the Orissa High Court on Thursday. Sk Asif Ali along with Sk Akil Ali was convicted by the Pocso Court in Jagatsinghpur for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl on November 21, …

Law Is Focused On Reformation: Tripura HC Commutes Death Sentence To Life Imprisonment For Man Convicted Of Murdering Five, Including Daughters & Policeman
1 year, 1 month ago

Law Is Focused On Reformation: Tripura HC Commutes Death Sentence To Life Imprisonment For Man Convicted Of Murdering Five, Including Daughters & Policeman

Live Law  

The Tripura High Court recently commuted the death sentence of a person who was convicted by the Trial Court for the offence of murder of five persons including his two daughters and a police officer, to life imprisonment without remission, on the ground that there were laches on the part of the police authorities and also the investigating officer in …

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life
1 year, 1 month ago

SC to hear plea by convict seeking to determine if a life sentence is for life

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear a petition, filed by Chandrakant Jha, who is serving life term, seeking to know as to whether the specification of 'life sentence' would mean the entire life or can it be commuted or remitted by powers given under law. The Top Court's two-judge bench, headed by Justice Hrishikesh Roy and …

'Past Conduct Not Always A Factor When Imposing Death Penalty' : Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence
1 year, 4 months ago

'Past Conduct Not Always A Factor When Imposing Death Penalty' : Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence

Live Law  

Last week, the Supreme Court set aside the death sentence of a man accused, along with others, of firing on and killing multiple people over suspected political enmity in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, observing that although the crime fell in the ‘rarest of rare’ category, the death row convict was not beyond reformation. It has been held that the court would …

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'

Live Law  

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to commute the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment on the ground of the long pendency of the mercy petition before the President of India. A three-judge bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, and Sanjay Karol was hearing a writ petition seeking for …

SC refuses to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Rajoana’s death sentence
1 year, 10 months ago

SC refuses to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Rajoana’s death sentence

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana’s death sentence to life imprisonment, leaving it for the Union government to consider his mercy plea in connection with former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination in 1995. The Supreme Court on March 2 reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Rajoana in 2020 for …

Beant Singh assassination case: SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty
1 year, 10 months ago

Beant Singh assassination case: SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to commute the death penalty of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment. The top court had reserved its verdict on Rajoana's plea on March 2 after hearing the submissions of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the convict, and …

Here is why Supreme Court bench commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered his sister and her lover
1 year, 10 months ago

Here is why Supreme Court bench commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered his sister and her lover

Op India  

On April 28, the Supreme Court of India commuted the death penalty awarded to a 31-year-old man for murdering his sister Pooja and her lover Govind in 2017, and changed it to life imprisonment. “Young boy of 25 years – well-behaved, helping, and a person with leadership qualities” Supreme Court Says As It Commutes Death Sentence Of Man Who Killed …

SC commutes death penalty of man convicted of killing sister, her partner
1 year, 10 months ago

SC commutes death penalty of man convicted of killing sister, her partner

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to a man who had murdered his sister and her lover in 2017, observing he has been found to be "well-behaved" and without a criminal mindset. While observing that no interference was warranted with the concurrent findings of the trial court and the high court which convicted …

Don’t delay decision on mercy petitions of death row convicts: SC tells states
1 year, 11 months ago

Don’t delay decision on mercy petitions of death row convicts: SC tells states

Hindustan Times  

Do not delay decisions on mercy petitions filed by death row convicts, the Supreme Court told states and other appropriate authorities, saying that it may frustrate the purpose of awarding a harsh sentence and give an unfair advantage to the convict in getting the sentence commuted to life term on account of the inordinate delay. The Supreme Court made the …

Decide Mercy Petitions Against Death Sentence At The Earliest So That Convicts Won't Take Undue Advantage : Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Decide Mercy Petitions Against Death Sentence At The Earliest So That Convicts Won't Take Undue Advantage : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court directed all State Governments to ensure that mercy petitions in death penalty cases are decided and disposed of at the earliest. In the matter, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment on the ground that there was an inordinate unexplained delay on the part of the State/Governor of the State in not deciding the …

Inordinate delay in 'mercy petition' would frustrate object of death sentence: Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Inordinate delay in 'mercy petition' would frustrate object of death sentence: Supreme Court

India TV News  

Supreme Court on mercy petition: The Supreme Court of India has said if there is an inordinate delay in not deciding the mercy petition, the object and purpose of the death sentence would be frustrated, and asked states/appropriate authorities to decide mercy petitions at the earliest. "If even after the final conclusion, even up to this court, even thereafter there …

Abolition is the way: The Hindu Editorial on the higher judiciary’s move on the death penalty
2 years ago

Abolition is the way: The Hindu Editorial on the higher judiciary’s move on the death penalty

The Hindu  

Forty years after holding that the mode of executing prisoners by hanging cannot be termed too cruel or barbaric, the Supreme Court of India has now ventured to find out if there is a more dignified and less painful method to carry out death sentences. The idea of finding an alternative mode of execution, one considered less painful and involves …

'What Is The Use Of Death Sentence, If It Is To Be Executed After 20-25 Years?' : Supreme Court Asks On Plea Challenging Commutation
2 years, 3 months ago

'What Is The Use Of Death Sentence, If It Is To Be Executed After 20-25 Years?' : Supreme Court Asks On Plea Challenging Commutation

Live Law  

At the outset, Justice Shah put to the advocate for the state, "What is the purpose of awarding a death sentence? The advocate replied, "Your Lordships, the first mercy petition was not filed by these accused, that was filed by some residents of Canada, Australia, etc.please, Your Lordships, 9 children were murdered." In the impugned judgment of January 18, 2022, …

SC orders release of six Rajiv Gandhi killers serving life terms
2 years, 4 months ago

SC orders release of six Rajiv Gandhi killers serving life terms

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday freed six convicts who have spent more than three decades in jail for their involvement in the assassination of former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. In the present case also, the Cabinet has resolved to grant remission to the applicants.” Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision. It is most unfortunate that …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Supreme Court orders release of all six convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Supreme Court orders release of all six convicts

The Hindu  

November 11, 2022 01:33 pm | Updated 08:22 pm IST The Supreme Court, on November 11, ordered for the immediate release of six convicts who are serving life sentence for more than three decades in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A recent affidavit filed by Tamil Nadu, represented by advocate Joseph S. Aristotle, had agreed with the petitioners when it …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: All 6 convicts set free by Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: All 6 convicts set free by Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has set free all six convicts - serving life imprisonment - in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The court noted that the Tamil Nadu cabinet had recommended their release on September 9, 2018, and this opinion will be binding on the Governor before whom the convicts had filed remission plea. His good conduct in prison, medical condition, …

As Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free, here's a quick recap of the case
2 years, 4 months ago

As Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free, here's a quick recap of the case

India Today  

The Supreme Court has ordered the premature release of all six convicts facing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. As the landmark verdict was ordered by the top court, let’s take a recap of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. THE ASSASSINATION Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu by a …

Solitary Confinement For About Ten Years Illegal : Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Ex Cop Accused Of Rape & Murder Of A Housewife
2 years, 4 months ago

Solitary Confinement For About Ten Years Illegal : Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence Of Ex Cop Accused Of Rape & Murder Of A Housewife

Live Law  

The Supreme Court commuted death sentence of a murder accused taking into account his illegal solitary confinement for about ten years.BA Umesh alias Umesh Reddy, an ex-cop, was sentenced to death in a rape and murder case by a Sessions Court in Bengaluru upon being convicted in the year 2006. The Supreme Court commuted death sentence of a murder accused …

Rape & Murder Of 4 Year Old Girl : SC Clarifies Order Commuting Death Penalty, Convict To Undergo 20 Years Imprisonment For Rape Offences
2 years, 4 months ago

Rape & Murder Of 4 Year Old Girl : SC Clarifies Order Commuting Death Penalty, Convict To Undergo 20 Years Imprisonment For Rape Offences

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, recently, clarified its judgment dated 19.04.2022 wherein death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a four year old girl was commuted to life imprisonment.In the said judgment, the Court had commuted the death sentence imposed for the offence of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code as life imprisonment. The Supreme …

Beant Singh Case: SC Asks Centre To Decide On Commutation Of Death Penalty To Balwant Rajoana In 2 Months
2 years, 10 months ago

Beant Singh Case: SC Asks Centre To Decide On Commutation Of Death Penalty To Balwant Rajoana In 2 Months

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union government to take a decision within two weeks on granting pardon to Balwant Singh Rajoana, who has been awarded death sentence for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. A bench headed by Justice Uday Umesh Lalit stated that the pendency of appeals of other co-convicts …

SC Commutes Death Penalty of Man Who Raped, Killed 4-Yr-Old. A Look at 5 Such Orders Since 2020
2 years, 11 months ago

SC Commutes Death Penalty of Man Who Raped, Killed 4-Yr-Old. A Look at 5 Such Orders Since 2020

News 18  

The Supreme Court this week commuted the death sentence of a man convicted of the rape and murder a four-year-old girl in a Madhya Pradesh village in April 2013. Here’s a look at recent instances in which the Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of rapists and murderers convicted for harming children: February 2022: Supreme Court commutes death sentence awarded …

Supreme Court Sets April 30 Deadline For Centre To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition
3 years ago

Supreme Court Sets April 30 Deadline For Centre To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to take a call by April 30 with respect to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh, who has been in jail for over 26 years for the assassination of killing former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.The bench of Justices UU Lalit, SR Bhat and PS Narasimha warned that if …

Convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case gets bail
3 years ago

Convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case gets bail

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to A G Perarivalan who has been serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, taking note of his long incarceration of over 30 years and no history of complaint when out on parole. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai directed the convict, whose death …

Perarivalan, Convicted in Rajiv Gandhi's Killing, Gets Bail After 30 Yrs in Jail
3 years ago

Perarivalan, Convicted in Rajiv Gandhi's Killing, Gets Bail After 30 Yrs in Jail

The Quint  

While passing the order, the court observed that “there was no complaint about his conduct” when he was released on parole thrice. The court also contended that he is “entitled to be released on bail”, after considering the fact that he had spent three decades in jail. "Taking into account the fact that the applicant has spent over 30 years …

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convict, Who Has Been In Jail For 32 Years
3 years ago

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Perarivalan, Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Convict, Who Has Been In Jail For 32 Years

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to AG Perarivalan, one of the seven convicts serving life sentence in the case related to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.Taking note of the fact that Perarivalan has been in jail for nearly 32 years, a bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice BR Gavai granted bail …

Judges mustn’t be swayed in favour of death penalty: Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

Judges mustn’t be swayed in favour of death penalty: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Do not prescribe death penalty with an eye only on the abhorrence of the crime, equally consider factors that can help the prisoner keep his life, the Supreme Court told judges across the country in a verdict on Wednesday. In a judgment which may become a significant precedent to the anti-death penalty cause, the apex court said trial judges should …

Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence in a Triple Murder Case
3 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence in a Triple Murder Case

Live Law  

Supreme Court has recently commuted the death penalty awarded to a man convicted for triple murder.A bench comprising of Justice B.V. Nagarathna, Justice L. Nageshwar Rao, Justice B.R. Gavai was considering an appeal filed by the convict against the Madhya Pradesh High Court Judgment sentencing him to death by affirming the death sentence passed by the trial Court for the …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : 'I'm In Jail For 30 Years, Governor's Decision Must Be Placed On Record', Perarivalan Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 3 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : 'I'm In Jail For 30 Years, Governor's Decision Must Be Placed On Record', Perarivalan Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The counsel for AG Perarivalan, who is serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the decision taken by the Tamil Nadu Governor on the recommendation made by the State Government to release him from prison must be placed on record.The Supreme Court today adjourned the plea filed by AG Perarivalan seeking …

Supreme Court Adjourns Perarivalan's Plea For Interim Bail In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
3 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Adjourns Perarivalan's Plea For Interim Bail In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by three weeks the hearing on an application filed by AG Perarivalan, who is serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, for interim bail. A vacation bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari adjourned the matter on the basis of a letter for adjournment circulated by the petitioner.The interim bail. The …

President is seized of Balwant S Rajoana’s plea for commutation of death penalty, Centre to SC
4 years, 1 month ago

President is seized of Balwant S Rajoana’s plea for commutation of death penalty, Centre to SC

India TV News  

The Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that President Ram Nath Kovind is seized of the matter pertaining to Balwant S Rajoana's plea seeking commutation of the death penalty awarded to him in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, and a decision will be taken on it. The apex court had on January 25 granted the “last chance” …

Supreme Court Defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's Plea For Death Penalty Commutation By 6 Weeks
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Defers Balwant Singh Rajoana's Plea For Death Penalty Commutation By 6 Weeks

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the petition filed by death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana seeking commutation of death penalty, after the Central Government requested the bench to await the decision of the President of India on his mercy petition. The Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, informed a bench headed by the Chief Justice of …

Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea : Supreme Court Grants 2 Weeks Time For Centre To Decide As Last Chance
4 years, 2 months ago

Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea : Supreme Court Grants 2 Weeks Time For Centre To Decide As Last Chance

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday granted Central Government further time of two weeks to take a decision on the mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India added that this will be the "last chance" for the Centre to take a call on the matter.The bench was hearing a writ petition …

'Last chance': Supreme Court gives Centre two weeks to decide on Beant Singh killer's mercy plea
4 years, 2 months ago

'Last chance': Supreme Court gives Centre two weeks to decide on Beant Singh killer's mercy plea

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday granted last chance to the Centre to decide within two weeks on Balwant S Rajoana’s plea seeking commutation of the death penalty in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination case. A bench of Chief Justice Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, “Why does government need three …

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : Tamil Nadu Governor Will Decide On Perarivalan's Pardon With 3-4 Days, Centre Tells SC
4 years, 2 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case : Tamil Nadu Governor Will Decide On Perarivalan's Pardon With 3-4 Days, Centre Tells SC

Live Law  

In the matter of release of A.G. Perarivalan, the convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, SG Tushar Mehta on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that the Tamil Nadu Governor will decide, "as per the Constitution", on the remission of the sentence in exercise of his discretionary power under Article 161 within the next 3-4 days. But I have received …

Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea By Jan 25, Supreme Court Asks Centre
4 years, 2 months ago

Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea By Jan 25, Supreme Court Asks Centre

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Government to submit the recommendations to the President regarding the mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana by January 25.A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde said this while hearing a writ petition filed by Balwant Singh seeking commutation of his death penalty on the ground that his mercy petition …

Proposal to commute Rajoana’s sentence yet to be sent to President, Centre tells SC
4 years, 3 months ago

Proposal to commute Rajoana’s sentence yet to be sent to President, Centre tells SC

Hindustan Times  

Fourteen months after it declared that Balwant Singh Rajoana will not hang in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination case, the central government has revealed in the Supreme Court that the papers related to the commuting of the sentence are yet to be placed before the President of India. Additional solicitor general KM Nataraj informed a top court bench, …

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