Criminal Law News Mentally ill can’t be hanged, Bhullar tells supreme court November 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death sentence can not be carried out in respect of a person who is mentally ill, the Supreme Court was Wednesday told by Devender Pal Singh Bhullar who was given capital punishment for a 1993 blast here which killed nine people. He has sought commutation of his execution to life term on this ground. […] Read more » Devender Pal Singh Bhullar Justice G.S. Singhvi justice P.N. Bhagwati Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Criminal Law News Delay on Bhullar’s mercy plea no cruelty, Supreme court told October 20, 2011 / October 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The long pendency of the mercy plea of Khalistani terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, who is on death row over a 1993 car bomb blast at the Youth Congress office here, could not be described as an act of cruelty, the government has told the Supreme Court. “It is the pendency of the mercy petition […] Read more » Delay on Bhullar's mercy plea no cruelty Devender Pal Singh Bhullar Khalistani terrorist Devender Pal Singh Bhullar Supreme Court