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  Beant Singh assassination: SC urges President to decide on killer Rajoana's mercy plea in 2 weeks

  India | November 18, 2024 14:30 IST

  Balwant Singh Rajoana was convicted in the 1995 assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. On May 3 last year, the Supreme Court had refused to commute Rajoana's death sentence.

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  President is seized of Balwant S Rajoana’s plea for commutation of death penalty, Centre to SC

  India | February 12, 2021 14:47 IST

  The Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that President Ram Nath Kovind is seized of the matter pertaining to Balwant S Rajoana's plea seeking commutation of the death penalty awarded to him in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassination case, and a decision will be taken on it.

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  Centre Stays Hanging Of Rajoana After Mercy Plea By SGPC

  India | March 28, 2012 22:20 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 28: The hanging of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, assassin of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, was today stayed by the Centre following a mercy petition by top sikh religious

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  Bandh In Support Of Rajoana Hits Normal Life In Punjab

  India | March 28, 2012 11:37 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 28: A day-long bandh called by radical Sikh outfits to protest the proposed execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the Beant Singh killing case, disrupted normal life in parts of Punjab today.A

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  Punjab On Alert, Prohibitory Orders Clamped

  India | March 27, 2012 22:27 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 27: Prohibitory orders were clamped and police and paramilitary forces personnel conducted flag marches in parts of Punjab which was on high alert after a Chandigarh court ordered that Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted

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  Beant's Family Favours Clemency For Rajoana

  India | March 25, 2012 22:50 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 25: The family of slain Punjab chief minister Beant Singh today favored clemency for Balwant Singh Rajoana who is on death row for the 1995 killing of the Congress leader.“To maintain peace and

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  Akal Takht To Review Decision On Conferring Title On Rajoana

  India | March 25, 2012 22:47 IST

  Amritsar, Mar 25: Faced with a piquant situation, the Akal Takht, top temporal seat of the Sikhs, today said it would review its decision on bestowing the title of ‘Living Martyr' on death row convict

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  Akal Takht Calls For Presidential Pardon To Beant Singh's Killer

  India | March 23, 2012 21:34 IST

  Amritsar, Mar 23: The supreme seat of Sikhdom, Akal Takht today called upon the Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president to request the President to grant pardon to Balwant