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Under New Law, Death Row Convict Can't Appeal Against President's Decision
A death-row convict whose mercy petition has been disposed of by the president will have no right to appeal in a court against the decision when the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill (BNSS), 2023 becomes law.
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President Rejects Mercy Plea Of Man Convicted Of Raping 4-Year-Old Girl
President Droupadi Murmu has rejected the mercy petition of a man convicted for raping and stoning to death a four-year-old girl in Maharashtra in 2008, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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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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Andhra Boy With Rare Disease Dies Hours After Mother's Mercy Killing Plea
The mother of a nine-year-old boy with a rare blood disease went to a court in Telangana on Tuesday requesting medical help for her son or mercy killing.
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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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"Last Chance": Top Court Deadline To Centre On Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea
The Supreme Court today gave the Central government a last chance of two weeks to decide on the mercy plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the case of the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995.
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Nitish Kumar's Last Election Remark Is "Plea For Mercy": P Chidambaram
Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday claimed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has conceded defeat by declaring the ongoing state assembly polls as the last election he is contesting.
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Top Court Notice To Centre On Plea Seeking Guidelines Over Mercy Petitions' Disposal
The Supreme Court Thursday sought response from the Centre on a plea which has sought guidelines for time-bound disposal of mercy petitions and exhaustion of legal remedies by death-row convicts.
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Kulbhushan Jadhav Wants To Go With Mercy Plea, Refused Review, Claims Pak
Pakistan said Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav has refused to file a review petition and wants to go ahead with his pending mercy plea. "He (Kulbhushan Jadhav) preferred to follow up on his pending mercy petition... Pakistan has offered second consular access to him," said Additional Attorney General Ahmed Irfan while addressing a media conference...
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Jailed Saudi Princess Fears Coronavirus Risk In Prison
A year after landing in jail without charge, her mercy plea unanswered by Saudi rulers and in fear of a coronavirus outbreak behind bars, a prominent princess did the unthinkable -- and went public.
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Nirbhaya Convicts Seek Quashing Of Death Penalty Citing Second Mercy Plea
The counsel for the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved a court on Wednesday seeking quashing of their death penalty, saying the second mercy plea of one of them is still pending.
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Nirbhaya Convict Vinay Sharma Moves High Court Over Rejected Mercy Plea
One of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, on Friday approached the Delhi High Court claiming that there were procedural lapses and "constitutional irregularities" in the rejection of his mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind.
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"Hopeful That The Convicts Will Be Hanged This Month": Nirbhaya's Father
Nirbhaya's father today expressed hope that the convicts will be hanged this month, after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the case.
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All Options Over For Nirbhaya Convicts, Tihar To Seek Fresh Hanging Date
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday rejected the request for mercy by Pawan Gupta, one of the four convicts in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi dubbed "Nirbhaya".
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Under New Law, Death Row Convict Can't Appeal Against President's Decision
A death-row convict whose mercy petition has been disposed of by the president will have no right to appeal in a court against the decision when the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita Bill (BNSS), 2023 becomes law.
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President Rejects Mercy Plea Of Man Convicted Of Raping 4-Year-Old Girl
President Droupadi Murmu has rejected the mercy petition of a man convicted for raping and stoning to death a four-year-old girl in Maharashtra in 2008, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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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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Andhra Boy With Rare Disease Dies Hours After Mother's Mercy Killing Plea
The mother of a nine-year-old boy with a rare blood disease went to a court in Telangana on Tuesday requesting medical help for her son or mercy killing.
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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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"Last Chance": Top Court Deadline To Centre On Beant Singh Killer's Mercy Plea
The Supreme Court today gave the Central government a last chance of two weeks to decide on the mercy plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the case of the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995.
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Nitish Kumar's Last Election Remark Is "Plea For Mercy": P Chidambaram
Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday claimed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has conceded defeat by declaring the ongoing state assembly polls as the last election he is contesting.
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Top Court Notice To Centre On Plea Seeking Guidelines Over Mercy Petitions' Disposal
The Supreme Court Thursday sought response from the Centre on a plea which has sought guidelines for time-bound disposal of mercy petitions and exhaustion of legal remedies by death-row convicts.
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Kulbhushan Jadhav Wants To Go With Mercy Plea, Refused Review, Claims Pak
Pakistan said Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav has refused to file a review petition and wants to go ahead with his pending mercy plea. "He (Kulbhushan Jadhav) preferred to follow up on his pending mercy petition... Pakistan has offered second consular access to him," said Additional Attorney General Ahmed Irfan while addressing a media conference...
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Jailed Saudi Princess Fears Coronavirus Risk In Prison
A year after landing in jail without charge, her mercy plea unanswered by Saudi rulers and in fear of a coronavirus outbreak behind bars, a prominent princess did the unthinkable -- and went public.
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Nirbhaya Convicts Seek Quashing Of Death Penalty Citing Second Mercy Plea
The counsel for the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved a court on Wednesday seeking quashing of their death penalty, saying the second mercy plea of one of them is still pending.
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Nirbhaya Convict Vinay Sharma Moves High Court Over Rejected Mercy Plea
One of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, on Friday approached the Delhi High Court claiming that there were procedural lapses and "constitutional irregularities" in the rejection of his mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind.
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"Hopeful That The Convicts Will Be Hanged This Month": Nirbhaya's Father
Nirbhaya's father today expressed hope that the convicts will be hanged this month, after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the case.
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All Options Over For Nirbhaya Convicts, Tihar To Seek Fresh Hanging Date
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday rejected the request for mercy by Pawan Gupta, one of the four convicts in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi dubbed "Nirbhaya".
