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    Mercy Plea

    ‘Not conducive’: Centre opposes Balwant Rajoana’s death commutation plea in Supreme Court

    A special court sentenced Balwant Singh Rajoana to death in July 2007, a decision upheld by the Punjab and Haryana high court in 2010. (HT FILE PHOTO)
    India News
    Updated 19 days ago

    CM assassination: Why Rajoana not hanged till now, SC asks after Centre says serious offence

    CM assassination: Why Rajoana not hanged till now, SC asks after Centre says serious offence
    India News
    Published 397 days ago

    SC grants Centre till Mar 18 to decide on Rajoana’s mercy plea

    Rajoana has been in prison for 29 years, of which 15 years have been spent on death row following his conviction in 2007. (HT PHOTO)
    India News
    Updated 644 days ago

    SC grants Centre four weeks to decide on Rajoana mercy plea

    The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Union government four weeks to decide on the long-pending mercy plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, even as the Centre flagged the “sensitivity” of the issue and said the situation was not conducive to resolving the matter at present. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)
    Cities
    Updated 700 days ago

    SC grants Centre four weeks to decide on Balwant Singh Rajoana’s mercy petition

    Balwant Singh Rajoana, the key accused in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s murder case. (HT File Photo)
    India News
    Published 700 days ago
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