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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 on Sept 24, 2025 03:46 pm IST

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 on Jan 21, 2025 03:48 am IST

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)
chandigarh news
Updated on Nov 26, 2024 08:22 am IST

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 on Nov 25, 2024 11:08 am IST

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)
chandigarh news
Updated on Nov 14, 2023 05:40 am IST

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

Balwant Singh Rajoana. (HT Photo)
india news
Updated on May 03, 2023 11:23 am IST

Evolution of jurisprudence around capital punishment, its procedures

PREMIUM
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 on Apr 10, 2023 10:55 am IST

SC seeks Centre’s reply on death row convict’s mercy plea pending for 8 years

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi argued that all that the convict was seeking was life sentence and not a pardon.
india news
Updated on Sept 12, 2020 08:29 am IST

Pawan Gupta’s mercy plea rejected, Tihar moves court seeking fresh death warrant

Tihar to move court for fresh execution warrant after President rejects Pawan Gupta’s mercy plea.
india news
Updated on Mar 04, 2020 10:09 pm IST

2012 Delhi gang rape convict Vinay Sharma’s mercy plea rejected by President Kovind

Vinay Sharma is one of the four convicts in the Dec 16 Delhi gang rape case.
india news
Updated on Feb 01, 2020 11:05 am IST

‘Was sentenced to death, but sexually abused in jail’: Delhi rape convict to SC

Delhi gang rape convict Mukesh Singh(HT FILE Photo)
india news
Updated on Jan 28, 2020 04:00 pm IST

Delhi rape convict Mukesh Singh’s petition against rejection of mercy plea in SC tomorrow

Delhi gang rape convict Mukesh Singh
india news
Updated on Jan 27, 2020 06:25 pm IST

Delhi 2012 gang-rape convict Mukesh Singh challenges President’s mercy plea rejection in Supreme Court

Delhi gang rape convict Mukesh Singh.
india news
Updated on Jan 25, 2020 04:04 pm IST

Death row convict Vinay wants to send personal diary to Prez with mercy plea

In a request filed on behalf of Vinay Sharma, lawyer AP Singh said he was ready with the mercy petition.
india news
Updated on Jan 24, 2020 06:20 pm IST

‘Legal process taken for a ride’: Centre asks SC to set rules for death row cases

Supreme Court of India, photo by Rajkumar
india news
Updated on Jan 22, 2020 07:26 pm IST

Beant Singh’s assassination: Rajoana starts hunger strike; SGPC, SAD to meet Rajnath on mercy plea

Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict on death row for the assassination of the then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995.
others
Updated on Jul 16, 2018 09:18 pm IST

President Kovind rejects his first mercy plea of convict who burnt alive 7 of a family in Bihar

President Ram Nath Kovind during an event in New Delhi.
india news
Updated on Jun 03, 2018 12:57 pm IST
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