{"id":11905,"date":"2011-07-06T14:41:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T09:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=11905"},"modified":"2011-07-06T14:41:16","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T09:11:16","slug":"apex-court-seeks-timely-disposal-of-mercy-petitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/apex-court-seeks-timely-disposal-of-mercy-petitions","title":{"rendered":"Apex court seeks timely disposal of mercy petitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court8.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11906\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/apex-court-seeks-timely-disposal-of-mercy-petitions\/supreme-court-77\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court8.jpg?fit=119%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"119,90\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Supreme Court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court8.jpg?fit=119%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court8.jpg?fit=119%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11906\" title=\"Supreme Court\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Supreme-Court8.jpg?resize=119%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a petition filed by an NGO seeking time-bound disposal of mercy petitions lying with President Pratibha Patil.<\/p>\n<p>Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar issued the notice, returnable in four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>NGO Justice on Trial has sought direction to the government to dispose off all mercy petitions within three months.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner has said that one of the touchstones of the public considerations is that the mercy petitions should be decided expeditiously in a just and fair manner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a petition filed by an NGO seeking time-bound disposal of mercy petitions lying with President Pratibha Patil. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar issued the notice, returnable in four weeks. 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