Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News Decide death row convict’s plea in 2 months:SC to HC January 13, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked the Delhi High Court to decide within two months the plea of a death row convict seeking commutation of his sentence to life imprisonment on the ground of delay to decide his mercy petition. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi passed the order after taking into account […] Read more » Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi death row death row convict's plea Decide death row convict's plea in 2 months featured Justice Dipak Misra Justice R. Banumathi
Top Law News Apex court relief to death row convicts welcomed January 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human rights group People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment commuting the death sentence of 15 convicts to life imprisonment. The PUCL said it was a historic judgment as it has held that – apart from delay – the mental health condition of the convict, including schizophrenia and mental illness, […] Read more » death row death row convicts People's Union for Civil Liberties PUCL PUCL president Prabhakar Sinha Rajiv Gandhi assassins Supreme Court
Top Law News Mercy plea of Khalistan terrorist on death row rejected May 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Mercy plea of Khalistan terrorist on death row rejected President Prathiba Patil on Thursday rejected the mercy petition of Devender Singh Bhullar, a Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist sentenced to death in 2001 for triggering a car bomb that killed 12 people and injured 29, including former Youth Congress leader MS Bitta. According to top government sources, the president rejected the death row prisoner’s […] Read more » death row Devender Singh Bhullar Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) Khalistan terrorist Mercy plea President Prathiba Patil rejected
