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Supreme Court Asks Centre To Decide Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea
The Supreme Court Monday directed the Centre to decide within two months Balwant Singh Rajoana's plea that his death penalty in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh be commuted to life imprisonment on ground of his long
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Supreme Court Orders Listing Of Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea
The Supreme Court on Monday directed its registry to list the plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, seeking commutation of his death penalty into life imprisonment.
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President Is Seized Of Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea, Centre To Supreme Court
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.
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Madhya Pradesh Man's Death Sentence Commuted Over Mercy Plea Delay
The Supreme Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered his wife and five children after rapping the Madhya Pradesh government for it "unexplained" delay of four years in forwarding his mercy petition to the centre, leading to almost five years in deciding it.
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President Pranab Mukherjee Rejects 2 More Mercy Pleas, Total Count Stands At 30
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected two mercy petitions in the last week of May. The dismissal of the appeals comes just weeks before his term ends and takes the total number of mercy petitions rejected by him to 30. The cases involved the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl by three men in Indore in 2012, and a 22-year-old woman in Pune in 200...
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Mercy Pleas of 306 Death Row Convicts Accepted by Presidents
Death sentence of 306 convicts has been commuted by successive presidents so far out of total 437 such mercy petitions.
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Politicians, Judges Stand up as Citizens For Yakub Memon, File Mercy Plea
On the eve of the hearing of '93 Mumbai blast death row convict Yakub Memon's appeal by the Supreme Court, a group of eminent citizens - including politicians, jurists and retired judges - submitted a fresh mercy petition to President Pranab Mukherjee, urging him to commute the death sentence.
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Decision on 1993 Blasts Convict Yakub Memon's Final Mercy Plea Likely Today
The Supreme Court is today expected to take up 1993 Bombay blasts convict Yakub Memon's curative petition seeking commutation of his death sentence. The plea is the last legal option available to Memon who is likely to be hanged on July 30 if the top court rejects his petition for mercy.
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High Court Stays Execution of the Two Kolhapur Sisters
In a major relief for the two Kolhapur sisters whose mercy pleas were recently rejected by the President, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed their execution till disposal of their petition seeking commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment.
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Supreme Court stands by its verdict on commuting death sentence due to delay
The Supreme Court today dismissed the Centre's plea seeking review of its January 21 order which said that unexplained and inordinate delay in deciding the mercy petition of death row convicts is grounds for commuting their sentence to life imprisonment.
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Supreme Court commutes death sentence for Rajiv Gandhi's killers to life
The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of three men convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to life in prison and left it to the Tamil Nadu government to decide whether to release them by granting them remission.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court verdict on convicts' plea today
The fate of three death row convicts in former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case will be sealed today when the Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on their plea for commutation of their sentence to life imprisonment on ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea.
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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.
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Rajiv Gandhi's assassins don't deserve mercy, says government in court
The death sentences of three men convicted for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi should not be commuted to life in prison, the government argued in the Supreme Court today.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Supreme Court to take up convicts' plea for commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment
The Supreme Court today will take up the petitions of the three assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to commute their death sentence to life imprisonment due to the inordinate delay in the President deciding their mercy petition.
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Supreme Court Asks Centre To Decide Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea
The Supreme Court Monday directed the Centre to decide within two months Balwant Singh Rajoana's plea that his death penalty in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh be commuted to life imprisonment on ground of his long
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Supreme Court Orders Listing Of Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea
The Supreme Court on Monday directed its registry to list the plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, seeking commutation of his death penalty into life imprisonment.
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President Is Seized Of Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea, Centre To Supreme Court
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.
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Madhya Pradesh Man's Death Sentence Commuted Over Mercy Plea Delay
The Supreme Court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of a man who murdered his wife and five children after rapping the Madhya Pradesh government for it "unexplained" delay of four years in forwarding his mercy petition to the centre, leading to almost five years in deciding it.
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President Pranab Mukherjee Rejects 2 More Mercy Pleas, Total Count Stands At 30
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected two mercy petitions in the last week of May. The dismissal of the appeals comes just weeks before his term ends and takes the total number of mercy petitions rejected by him to 30. The cases involved the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl by three men in Indore in 2012, and a 22-year-old woman in Pune in 200...
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Mercy Pleas of 306 Death Row Convicts Accepted by Presidents
Death sentence of 306 convicts has been commuted by successive presidents so far out of total 437 such mercy petitions.
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Politicians, Judges Stand up as Citizens For Yakub Memon, File Mercy Plea
On the eve of the hearing of '93 Mumbai blast death row convict Yakub Memon's appeal by the Supreme Court, a group of eminent citizens - including politicians, jurists and retired judges - submitted a fresh mercy petition to President Pranab Mukherjee, urging him to commute the death sentence.
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Decision on 1993 Blasts Convict Yakub Memon's Final Mercy Plea Likely Today
The Supreme Court is today expected to take up 1993 Bombay blasts convict Yakub Memon's curative petition seeking commutation of his death sentence. The plea is the last legal option available to Memon who is likely to be hanged on July 30 if the top court rejects his petition for mercy.
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High Court Stays Execution of the Two Kolhapur Sisters
In a major relief for the two Kolhapur sisters whose mercy pleas were recently rejected by the President, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed their execution till disposal of their petition seeking commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment.
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Supreme Court stands by its verdict on commuting death sentence due to delay
The Supreme Court today dismissed the Centre's plea seeking review of its January 21 order which said that unexplained and inordinate delay in deciding the mercy petition of death row convicts is grounds for commuting their sentence to life imprisonment.
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Supreme Court commutes death sentence for Rajiv Gandhi's killers to life
The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of three men convicted of killing former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to life in prison and left it to the Tamil Nadu government to decide whether to release them by granting them remission.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court verdict on convicts' plea today
The fate of three death row convicts in former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case will be sealed today when the Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on their plea for commutation of their sentence to life imprisonment on ground of delay in deciding their mercy plea.
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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.
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Rajiv Gandhi's assassins don't deserve mercy, says government in court
The death sentences of three men convicted for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi should not be commuted to life in prison, the government argued in the Supreme Court today.
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Supreme Court to take up convicts' plea for commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment
The Supreme Court today will take up the petitions of the three assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to commute their death sentence to life imprisonment due to the inordinate delay in the President deciding their mercy petition.
