The politics of mercy petitions
9 years, 8 months ago

The politics of mercy petitions

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Yakub Abdul Razak Memon’s curative review petition, setting off the countdown to July 30, the date of his hanging. On June 26, 2012, the office of President Patil, in a widely reported press release, claimed, “The President is not supposed to act on her own judgment but is mandated to act in accordance with the aid and advice of the government in terms of Article 74 of the Constitution.” A constitution bench of the Supreme Court of India, while explaining the scope of Article 72 in the matter of Kehar Singh vs Union of India held: “The President in exercise of power under Article 72 is entitled to go into the merits of the case notwithstanding it has been judicially concluded. As on May 21, 2010, four mercy petitions were pending with the MHA and 25 with the President of India, after the President had commuted the death sentence of R. Govindaswamy on November 23, 2009. One June 23, 2010, the President’s secretariat in response to a Right to Information request confirmed that they were in fact 25 mercy petitions pending and in three cases the death penalty had been commuted to life benefiting nine death row convicts. The principal is no less important for disposal of mercy petitions.” Chief Justice Bhagwati, in his famous dissent in the Bachan Singh case on capital punishment, observed there is no objective manner of awarding the death penalty and therefore it falls foul of Article 14.

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'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, 1 week 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, 1 week 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 …

State Must Not Defeat Purpose Of Death Sentence By Showing Laxity In Implementation: Supreme Court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

State Must Not Defeat Purpose Of Death Sentence By Showing Laxity In Implementation: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court while upholding the commutation of death sentences of two convicts highlighted several instances of administrative and judicial delays in the processing of mercy petitions and issuance of death warrants, which ultimately led to the commutation of sentence. A bench of Justices Abhay Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Augustine George Masih observed a delay of over three years by …

'Sensitive Matter': SC Grants 4 More Weeks To Centre In Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition
4 months ago

'Sensitive Matter': SC Grants 4 More Weeks To Centre In Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday granted four more weeks to the Centre to respond to the petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa terrorist, seeking commutation of the death sentence awarded to him in the Punjab CM Beant Singh assassination case. In the last hearing on November 18, the top court initially passed an oral order directing that …

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 …

Beant Singh Assassination: SC Urges President Murmu To Decide On Killer's Mercy Plea In 2 weeks
4 months, 1 week ago

Beant Singh Assassination: SC Urges President Murmu To Decide On Killer's Mercy Plea In 2 weeks

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed President Droupadi Murmu's secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan requested the President to consider the plea …

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 …

SC urges President to decide Balwant Singh's mercy plea in two weeks or it will consider interim relief
4 months, 1 week ago

SC urges President to decide Balwant Singh's mercy plea in two weeks or it will consider interim relief

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday requested the President of India to decide within two weeks on the mercy plea filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, one of the death row convicts in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995. If no decision is made within this time frame, the Court will consider Rajoana's interim relief …

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 …

President Murmu rejects mercy plea of Pak terrorist convicted in Red Fort attack case
9 months, 2 weeks ago

President Murmu rejects mercy plea of Pak terrorist convicted in Red Fort attack case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The mercy petition of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq convicted in the nearly 24-year-old Red Fort attack case has been rejected by President Droupadi Murmu, officials said on Wednesday.This is the second mercy plea rejected by the President after assuming office on July 25, 2022. The Supreme Court, while upholding the death sentence, noted that there were …

Fake List of Politicians and Actors Linked to Yakub Memon's Mercy Petition
1 year, 8 months ago

Fake List of Politicians and Actors Linked to Yakub Memon's Mercy Petition

The Quint  

More information about Memon's petitions: According to a report shared by The Caravan, there were six stages of litigation for Memon's case. These included the original appeal, a review petition, a second review petition, a curative petition, a writ petition challenging the warrant of execution of death sentence and proceedings to re-determine this writ petition. The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities …

President Murmu rejects mercy plea of convict for raping & killing 4-year-old girl in Maharashtra
1 year, 10 months ago

President Murmu rejects mercy plea of convict for raping & killing 4-year-old girl in Maharashtra

India TV News  

President Droupadi Murmu has dismissed the mercy petition of a man convicted for raping and killing a four-year-old girl in Maharashtra in 2008. According to Rashtrapati Bhavan, this was the first mercy petition rejected by Murmu after she assumed office as the 15th President of India on July 25, 2022. While upholding the death penalty awarded to the convict, the …

'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, …

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 …

Motilal Nehru Too Had Petitioned For Release Of His Son: Historian, Vikram Sampath To Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now
3 years, 5 months ago

Motilal Nehru Too Had Petitioned For Release Of His Son: Historian, Vikram Sampath To Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now

ABP News  

New Delhi: Giving his views on the controversy erupted over defense minister, Rajnath Singh’s comment that Mahatma Gandhi had asked Savarkar to file a mercy petition, author and historian, Vikram Sampath has said when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was lodged in Nabha jail, after two weeks his father Pandit Motilal Nehru had petitioned to the Viceroy that his son would never …

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 …

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 …

SC seeks Centre’s reply on death row convict’s mercy plea pending for 8 years
4 years, 6 months ago

SC seeks Centre’s reply on death row convict’s mercy plea pending for 8 years

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought Centre’s response on a death row convict’s plea seeking commutation of sentence to life imprisonment for the failure on part of the Central government to decide on his mercy petition filed eight years ago. The convict, Balwant Singh Rajoana, was sentenced to death for the murder of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh who …

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]
5 years ago

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]

Live Law  

The execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case - Mukesh Singh, Akshay Kumar Singh, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Kumar Gupta - was carried out at Tihar Jail, Delhi on Friday morning at 5. 30 AM.Though the convicts made late night attempts to stall the execution by filing a revision petition in the Delhi HC and …

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]
5 years ago

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]

Live Law  

Hours before the scheduled execution, the convicts in the Nirbhaya case knocked the doors of the Supreme Court past midnight, hoping for a last minute judicial intervention to extend their lives.But the last ditch effort of the convicts met with no success, as the bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea, after a …

Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 20
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 20

Op India  

A Delhi court on Thursday issued a fresh death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. They are to be hanged at 5.30 am on March 20, 2020 pic.twitter.com/MAOx5rVVGw — ANI March 5, 2020 Reportedly, the order by a Delhi court comes after President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected the mercy petition of Pawan …

2012 Delhi gang rape case: Tihar jail authorities move court seeking fresh date for hanging; matter to be heard at 2 pm
5 years ago

2012 Delhi gang rape case: Tihar jail authorities move court seeking fresh date for hanging; matter to be heard at 2 pm

Firstpost  

Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday moved a city court seeking a fresh date for the execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case. Shortly after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupt a, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday …

President rejects 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Pawan Gupta’s mercy petition; all legal remedies available to perpetrators exhausted
5 years ago

President rejects 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Pawan Gupta’s mercy petition; all legal remedies available to perpetrators exhausted

Firstpost  

President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president
5 years ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president

Firstpost  

The four convicts —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — were scheduled to be hanged at 6 am tomorrow at Delhi’s Tihar Jail. A Delhi court on Monday stayed the execution of the four convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case until further orders in view of the mercy petition filed by Pawan Gupta before …

Nirbhaya case: Delhi govt recommends rejecting mercy plea of convict Pawan Gupta
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: Delhi govt recommends rejecting mercy plea of convict Pawan Gupta

India TV News  

Delhi government on Monday recommended rejecting the mercy petition of one of death row convicts -- Pawan Gupta, in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. "The Delhi government has recommended rejecting mercy petition of Pawan Gupta. A Delhi court on Monday deferred till further order the hanging of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi court reserves order on convict Pawan Gupta's petition seeking stay on execution
5 years ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi court reserves order on convict Pawan Gupta's petition seeking stay on execution

Firstpost  

The four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — are scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on a petition filed by Pawan Gupta, a death row convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and …

Nirbhaya case: Execution of convicts delayed again, Patiala House Court stays and defers matter
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: Execution of convicts delayed again, Patiala House Court stays and defers matter

Op India  

Day ahead of the scheduled execution of the four convict rapist-murderers in the gruesome December 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, Delhi’s Patiala House Court has stayed the execution and deferred the matter as mercy petition of Pawan, one of the convicts, is pending before President Kovind. On the other hand, the Supreme Court of India today junked the curative petition filed …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: SC dismisses Pawan Gupta's curative plea; Delhi court dismisses plea to stay execution of death warrant, hearing at 2 pm today
5 years ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: SC dismisses Pawan Gupta's curative plea; Delhi court dismisses plea to stay execution of death warrant, hearing at 2 pm today

Firstpost  

In his curative plea, Delhi gangrape convict Pawan Gupta had pleaded when was offence was committed his age was 16 years and two months as per the school records last attended by him. Rejecting the application for stay on execution of one of the death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, the Supreme Court on Monday …

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Issues Fresh Death Warrants For Hanging Of 4 Convicts On March 3 At 6 AM
5 years, 1 month ago

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Issues Fresh Death Warrants For Hanging Of 4 Convicts On March 3 At 6 AM

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Monday issued fresh death warrants for the hanging of four convicts - Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Akshay Singh- in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case on March 3 at 6 AM.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana of Patiala House Courts, Delhi passed the order on a plea moved by Tihar Jail authorities under Section 413 of …

Aaj Ki Baat Feb 13: Death row convicts who commit heinous crimes must not be allowed to file mercy petitions
5 years, 1 month ago

Aaj Ki Baat Feb 13: Death row convicts who commit heinous crimes must not be allowed to file mercy petitions

India TV News  

Aaj Ki Baat Feb 13: Death row convicts who commit heinous crimes must not be allowed to file mercy petitions The lawyers for the convicts are so wily that they never file petitions together in order to gain time. They file petitions in different courts - Patiala district court, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court, only to gain time. The …

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Convict Vinay Sharma's Challenge Against Mercy Rejection
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Convict Vinay Sharma's Challenge Against Mercy Rejection

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the writ petition filed by Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts awaiting execution of death penalty in the Nirbhaya case, against the President's order rejecting his petition seeking mercy under Article 72 of the Constitution of India. A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna had reserved orders on …

Nirbhaya Convict Cites Mental Illness To Challenge Rejection Of Mercy Petition In SC
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Convict Cites Mental Illness To Challenge Rejection Of Mercy Petition In SC

Live Law  

Vinay Sharma, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case, on Tuesday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the rejection of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath KovindSignificantly, today is the last day of the one week time granted by Delhi HC for the convicts to exhaust their legal remedies against …

Nirbhaya Case : SC Allows Centre To Move Trial Court For Fresh Death Warrants
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Case : SC Allows Centre To Move Trial Court For Fresh Death Warrants

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case on the petition filed by the Union Government against the February 5 judgment of the Delhi High Court, which held that the convicts can only be executed together after they have exhausted their legal remedies.A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and …

Nirbhaya Case : SC Adjourns Hearing Of Centre's Appeal Against Stay On Executions Till Feb 11 [Read Order]
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Case : SC Adjourns Hearing Of Centre's Appeal Against Stay On Executions Till Feb 11 [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned till February 11 the hearing of Centre's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's refusal to set aside the trial court's stay on the execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case.A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna noted that the High Court had given one week time for …

Nirbhaya Case: SC Agrees To Hear Tomorrow Centre's Appeal Against Delhi HC Order Refusing To Vacate Stay On Executions
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Case: SC Agrees To Hear Tomorrow Centre's Appeal Against Delhi HC Order Refusing To Vacate Stay On Executions

Live Law  

Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Centre's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's decision to not allow convicts of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case to be executed separately.ASG Natrajan mentioned the matter before a Three Judge Bench headed by Justice Ramana.ASG submitted that the convict Akshay's mercy has been rejected by the President yesterday. Supreme Court on …

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi HC Refuses To Set Aside Trial Court's Stay On Execution; Directs Convicts To Exercise Legal Remedies Within 7 Days [Read Judgment]
5 years, 1 month ago

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi HC Refuses To Set Aside Trial Court's Stay On Execution; Directs Convicts To Exercise Legal Remedies Within 7 Days [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

Observing that the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case cannot be executed separately, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed them to exhaust their remaining legal remedies within 7 days from today. Though the Court did not agree with the interpretation of the Trial Court that pendency of mercy petition of even one convict is ground to postpone the executions, …

Nirbhaya case: A game of petitions
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya case: A game of petitions

India Today  

Pawan Jallad, a third generation hangman from Meerut prison, arrived in Delhi on January 29. On January 31, Delhi's Patiala court accepted the plea that Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur and Mukesh Singh could not be hanged as they are yet to exhaust their legal remedies and a mercy petition by Vinay was still pending with the president. Using …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects clemency petition of death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma
5 years, 1 month ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects clemency petition of death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma

Firstpost  

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the clemency plea of Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Home Ministry officials said on Saturday. The four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case are scheduled to be hanged on 1 February. However, the …

[Breaking] Delhi Court Stays Hanging Of Four Convicts In Nirbhaya Case Until Further Orders
5 years, 1 month ago

[Breaking] Delhi Court Stays Hanging Of Four Convicts In Nirbhaya Case Until Further Orders

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Friday stayed the hanging of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case until further orders.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana at Patiala House Court passed the order in the applications filed by the convicts to stay the execution of their death penalties scheduled on February 1 at 6 AM.On January 17, a Sessions Court …

No hanging tomorrow: Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya case convicts
5 years, 1 month ago

No hanging tomorrow: Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya case convicts

India Today  

A Delhi court on Friday approved the plea filed by death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case convicts, seeking a stay on their execution on February 1. Advocate AP Singh, representing the convicts -- Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar -- has urged the court to adjourn the executions "sine die" as Vinay's mercy plea before the president …

Nirbhaya gangrape convict Vinay Sharma files mercy plea
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya gangrape convict Vinay Sharma files mercy plea

India TV News  

Vinay Sharma, one of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convict has filed a mercy petition before President of India on Wednesday for the commutation of his capital punishment to a life sentence, his lawyer AP Singh confirmed. Vinay's mercy plea comes three-days ahead of the date of hanging all four gangrape and murder convicts. Vinay Sharma is lodged in …

SC dismisses 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Mukesh Singh's appeal against rejection of mercy plea; fellow convict files curative petition challenging execution
5 years, 1 month ago

SC dismisses 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Mukesh Singh's appeal against rejection of mercy plea; fellow convict files curative petition challenging execution

Firstpost  

Also on Wednesday, Akshay Singh, another fellow convict in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case challenged his execution scheduled on 1 February by filing a curative plea, the last legal resort in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, …

[Breaking] SC Dismisses Nirbhaya Convict Mukesh's Plea Against Mercy Rejection By President [Read Order]
5 years, 1 month ago

[Breaking] SC Dismisses Nirbhaya Convict Mukesh's Plea Against Mercy Rejection By President [Read Order]

Live Law  

Three days ahead of the scheduled execution of death penalties in the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved orders on the plea filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts, against the rejection of his mercy plea by the President. On the petitioner's argument that the mercy plea was rejected hurriedly, the Solicitor …

Nirbhaya Case : 'Mercy Rejection Cannot Be Challenged Saying That President Acted Fast', Submits SG; SC Reserves Order On Mukesh's Plea
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Case : 'Mercy Rejection Cannot Be Challenged Saying That President Acted Fast', Submits SG; SC Reserves Order On Mukesh's Plea

Live Law  

Four days ahead of the scheduled execution of death penalties in the 2012 Delhi gangrape-murder case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved orders on the plea filed by Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts, against the rejection of his mercy plea by the President.A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna heard the plea …

'Execution case will be given top priority,' SC says after 2012 Delhi gangrape convict seeks urgent hearing against rejection of mercy plea by President
5 years, 2 months ago

'Execution case will be given top priority,' SC says after 2012 Delhi gangrape convict seeks urgent hearing against rejection of mercy plea by President

Firstpost  

Death row convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case Mukesh Kumar Singh moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking urgent hearing on his plea against dismissal of his mercy petition by the President New Delhi: Death row convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case Mukesh Kumar Singh moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking urgent hearing …

Nirbhaya Convict Seeks SC Hearing Against Mercy Plea Rejection
5 years, 2 months ago

Nirbhaya Convict Seeks SC Hearing Against Mercy Plea Rejection

The Quint  

The warrant for execution of death sentence for the four convicts in the case has been fixed on 1 February at 6 am. Singh had moved the mercy plea after the Supreme Court dismissed his curative petition against his conviction and death sentence. The apex court had also rejected the curative petition of another death row convict Akshay Kumar. The …

Nirbhaya rapists get no mercy, to hang on February 1
5 years, 2 months ago

Nirbhaya rapists get no mercy, to hang on February 1

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday rejected the mercy petition of Mukesh Kumar Singh, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case following which a sessions court issued fresh death warrants for February 1, 6 am against the four convicts. Had the death warrant not been issued, the convicts would …

December 2012 gang rape case: Court issues fresh death warrant after President rejects mercy petition of Mukesh Singh
5 years, 2 months ago

December 2012 gang rape case: Court issues fresh death warrant after President rejects mercy petition of Mukesh Singh

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Friday issued a fresh death warrant against the four convicts in the December 16, 2010 gang-rape and murder case after it was informed that the mercy petition of one of the convicts — Mukesh Singh — has been rejected by President Ram Nath Kovind. The court was hearing a plea filed by Mukesh on Tuesday seeking …

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