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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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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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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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Nirbhaya Case: Convict Pawan Gupta Files Mercy Petition With President
The Supreme Court today dismissed a curative petition 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" by the media, a day before their scheduled date of hanging.He has now filed a mercy plea before President Ram Nath Kovind.
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Nirbhaya Convict Cites "Mental Illness" To Challenge Mercy Plea Rejection
A death row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case today claimed in the Supreme Court that the President had not considered the "mental stability" he suffered due to torture in jail while rejecting his mercy petition. The centre denied the assertion, saying he was "fit and of sound mind".
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Another Nirbhaya Convict Challenges Rejection Of Mercy Plea In Supreme Court
One of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case challenged the rejection of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Vinay Sharma's counsel, AP Singh, also sought the reduction of his punishment from death sentence to life imprisonment.
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Nirbhaya Case: Akshay Thakur's Plea Against Hanging Rejected By President
President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Akshay Thakur, the third of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case. The death row prisoner had filed the appeal on Saturday, hours after President Kovind turned down the appeal of fellow convict Vinay Sharma.
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Nirbhaya Gang-Rape Convict Akshay Singh Files Mercy Plea With President
One of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case Akshay Thakur has filed a mercy plea, jail officials said. This comes hours after the President rejected a similar plea filed by Vinay Sharma, another convict in the case.
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Nirbhaya Convict Files Mercy Plea, President Rejects Another's Petition
Nirbhaya convict Akshay Singh has filed a mercy plea with President Ram Nath Kovind, hours after a similar plea by convict Vinay Sharma was rejected
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"Died Many Times In Prison": Another Nirbhaya Convict Files Mercy Plea
Even as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a curative petition filed by one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case on Thursday, another person found guilty of the heinous crime has now filed a mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind.
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'Suffering In Jail No Ground For Mercy': Nirbhaya Convict's Plea Rejected
Suffering in prison cannot be grounds for mercy, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing a Nirbhaya convict's petition challenging rejection of mercy by the President. "It cannot be said that the President did not apply his mind," the Supreme Court said to convict Mukesh Singh's petition.
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Quick Decision On Nirbhaya Convict Plea Can't Be Ground For Appeal: Centre
"Expeditious decision" by the President on mercy petition cannot be a ground to challenge its rejection by one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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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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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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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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Nirbhaya Case: Convict Pawan Gupta Files Mercy Petition With President
The Supreme Court today dismissed a curative petition 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" by the media, a day before their scheduled date of hanging.He has now filed a mercy plea before President Ram Nath Kovind.
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Nirbhaya Convict Cites "Mental Illness" To Challenge Mercy Plea Rejection
A death row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case today claimed in the Supreme Court that the President had not considered the "mental stability" he suffered due to torture in jail while rejecting his mercy petition. The centre denied the assertion, saying he was "fit and of sound mind".
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Another Nirbhaya Convict Challenges Rejection Of Mercy Plea In Supreme Court
One of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case challenged the rejection of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Vinay Sharma's counsel, AP Singh, also sought the reduction of his punishment from death sentence to life imprisonment.
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Nirbhaya Case: Akshay Thakur's Plea Against Hanging Rejected By President
President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Akshay Thakur, the third of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case. The death row prisoner had filed the appeal on Saturday, hours after President Kovind turned down the appeal of fellow convict Vinay Sharma.
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Nirbhaya Gang-Rape Convict Akshay Singh Files Mercy Plea With President
One of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case Akshay Thakur has filed a mercy plea, jail officials said. This comes hours after the President rejected a similar plea filed by Vinay Sharma, another convict in the case.
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Nirbhaya Convict Files Mercy Plea, President Rejects Another's Petition
Nirbhaya convict Akshay Singh has filed a mercy plea with President Ram Nath Kovind, hours after a similar plea by convict Vinay Sharma was rejected
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"Died Many Times In Prison": Another Nirbhaya Convict Files Mercy Plea
Even as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a curative petition filed by one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case on Thursday, another person found guilty of the heinous crime has now filed a mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind.
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'Suffering In Jail No Ground For Mercy': Nirbhaya Convict's Plea Rejected
Suffering in prison cannot be grounds for mercy, the Supreme Court said today, dismissing a Nirbhaya convict's petition challenging rejection of mercy by the President. "It cannot be said that the President did not apply his mind," the Supreme Court said to convict Mukesh Singh's petition.
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Quick Decision On Nirbhaya Convict Plea Can't Be Ground For Appeal: Centre
"Expeditious decision" by the President on mercy petition cannot be a ground to challenge its rejection by one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
