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 …
The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Union government four weeks to decide on the long-pending mercy plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa sympathiser convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, even as the Centre flagged the “sensitivity” of the issue and claimed that the situation was not conducive to resolving the matter …
The Supreme Court on Monday urged President Droupadi Murmu to decide the long-pending mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa sympathiser convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, within two weeks. Taking into consideration that the petitioner has been on the death row, we now direct the secretary, Honourable the President of India, …
