Supreme Court Slams Clemency Politics

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...