Bhullar Plea

• Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar's death sentence should be commuted to life term, Delhi government tells Supreme Court

  In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court today, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government said that 1993 Delhi blast convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar's death sentence should be to be commuted to life in prison.

• Supreme Court commutes 15 death sentences due to delays

  The Supreme Court will today decide whether a delay in deciding on mercy petitions justifies commuting a convict's death sentence to life.

• Supreme Court dismisses Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's review plea on death sentence

  The Supreme Court today dismissed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's plea seeking a review of its verdict refusing to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment on the ground of delay in deciding his mercy plea by the government.

• Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's wife seeks stay on his execution

  The wife of 1993 Delhi blast convict Devinderpal Singh Bhullar has approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on his execution till the court decides on his review petition.

• Supreme Court to gear Bhullar's plea today

  Bhullar's wife had petitioned the Supreme Court to commute his death sentence to life; his mercy petition was submitted to the President on January 1, 2003 but was rejected on May 25, 2011.

• Supreme Court to hear Bhullar's plea today

  The Supreme Court is expected to take up Davinderpal Singh Bhullar's plea today. Bhullar was convicted in the 1993 attack on former Indian Youth Congress leader MS Bitta. Though Bitta escaped, several others were killed.

• Bhullar mercy plea: Supreme Court notice to Govt

  The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre and Delhi government on a writ petition filed by the wife of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, a convict in the 1993 Delhi car bomb blast case.Navneet Kaur contended that execution of a mentally unstable prisoner was in violation of the Constitution.She has challenged the Presidential rejection of the m...

• Politics over Bhullar's clemency, Akali Dal seeks PM's intervention

  Politics seems to be brewing over the death sentence of Punjab militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar. After Bhullar's plea for clemency was rejected last week by President Pratibha Patil, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today rushed to his rescue, seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "intervention on humanitarian grounds" to save him from the gallow...

• Bhullar case: Akali Dal seeks PM's intervention

  Punjab's ruling party the Shiromani Akali Dal today sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to save death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar from the gallows. The party sought the Prime Minister's intervention on humanitarian grounds and urged him to take a sympathetic view. They said they wanted clemency for Bhullar as it is an emo...