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    Mercy Plea News

    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 375 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 621 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 677 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 678 days ago

    Bandi Chhod Diwas: Use ‘close ties’ with MHA to ensure decision on Rajoana’s mercy plea: Takht jathedar to DSGMC

    Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Sunday directed the office-bearers of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) to make efforts to ensure early decision on the mercy plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, death row convict in former CM Beant Singh assassination case, by using their “close ties” with the Union ministry of home affairs. (HT File Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 1055 days ago

    SC refuses to commute Babbar Khalsa terrorist Rajoana’s death sentence

    Balwant Singh Rajoana. (HT Photo)
    India News
    Updated 1250 days ago

    Evolution of jurisprudence around capital punishment, its procedures

    SC has agreed to examine if the mode of executing death sentence meets the requirements of the constitutional right to die with dignity and the test of proportionality.
    India News
    Updated 1273 days ago
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