Rajoana Clemency

• Supreme Court slams Punjab govt's clemency politics in Balwant Singh Rajoana's case

  The Supreme Court has slammed the political parties of Punjab for playing death row politics on the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The Centre had, yesterday, stayed Rajoana's hanging, following a mercy petition filed by Sik...

• Centre stays hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana after Badal meets President

  The Centre has stayed the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. The decision follows a mercy petition filed by Sikh body, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), that has been actively backed by the Punjab government and o...

• Parkash Badal to meet President today with clemency appeal for Balwant Singh Rajoana

  The pressure to stop the hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana is building up on the Punjab government. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to meet President Pratibha Patil in Delhi today and is likely to appeal to her to defer the court sentence. Mr Badal's government along with Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Par...

• Clemency politics acquires fever pitch

  For most of his five years on death row Balwant Singh Rajoana lived in the shadows. A Babbar Khalsa International militant, he was convicted for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995 and given the death sentence in 2007.

• Punjab fights death sentence for assassin: 10 big developments

  A court in Punjab will today take up a petition seeking deferment of Balwant Singh Rajoana's execution. Mr Rajoana was sentenced to death in 2007 by a special CBI court in Chandigarh for his role in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister, Beant Singh. Mr Singh was killed in 1995. Here are 10 big developments in this story:

• Punjab govt won't execute Beant Singh's assassin on Saturday: Top 10 developments

  The Punjab government has said it will not execute Balwant Singh Rajoana on Saturday. Mr Rajoana was sentenced to death in 2007 by a special CBI court in Chandigarh for his role in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister, Beant Singh, who was from the Congress. Mr Singh had been killed in 1995.

• Will terrorist in Punjab be executed on Friday? Clemency appeals pile up

  The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has filed a clemency petition with President Pratibha Patil for Sikh terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is facing death for former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination, sources said.

• Beant Singh assassination case: Badal to spell out stand on clemency demand for Rajoana

  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to make a statement in the state Assembly today on the clemency demand for Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is facing death sentence for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.

• Beant Singh's family favours clemency for assassin

  The family of slain Punjab chief minister Beant Singh today favoured clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, a Babbar Khalsa International terrorist, facing death sentence for the former chief minister's assassination.

• Akali Dal core committee meeting today to discuss clemency of Beant Singh's killer

  Punjab chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has called for an emergency core committee meeting of his party, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), today to discuss the issue of clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row for the assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh.