Mercy Petition
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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 ISTBalwant 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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Pakistani terrorist’s mercy petition rejected by President Murmu | What is Red Fort attack case?
India | June 12, 2024 19:08 ISTPresident Droupadi Murmu rejected the mercy plea by Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq, who was convicted in the 2000 Red Fort attack case.
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President Murmu rejects mercy plea of convict for raping & killing 4-year-old girl in Maharashtra
India | May 04, 2023 21:09 ISTAccording to Rashtrapati Bhavan, this was the first mercy petition rejected by Murmu after she assumed office as the 15th President of India on July 25, 2022.
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Inordinate delay in 'mercy petition' would frustrate object of death sentence: Supreme Court
India | April 14, 2023 14:46 ISTSupreme Court on mercy petition: The Supreme Court of India has said if there is an inordinate delay in not deciding the mercy petition, the object and purpose of the death sentence would be frustrated, and asked states/appropriate authorities to decide mercy petitions at the earliest.
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Nirbhaya gangrape case: After Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur files mercy petition before President
India | February 01, 2020 13:55 ISTAkshay Thakur, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, on Saturday filed a mercy plea, jail officials said.
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Nirbhaya rape convict Mukesh files mercy petition
India | January 14, 2020 19:02 ISTMukesh, one of the rape convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, has submitted a mercy petition to Tihar jail authorities. The convict moving towards the last resort comes as the Supreme Court refused to stay his execution on Tuesday while dismissing a curative petition against his conviction and capital punishment.
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Nirbhaya case: Delhi Government recommends rejection of mercy petition of convict
India | December 01, 2019 20:03 ISTThe Delhi Government on Sunday has recommended the rejection of the petition of one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape murder case, who had applied for mercy petition.
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Kulbhushan Jadhav's mercy petition in final stage, good news soon for India
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‘Good news’ soon on Jadhav’s mercy petition: Pakistan Army
World | October 05, 2017 22:49 ISTPakistan Army that it is close to take a decision on the mercy petition submitted by Kulbhushan Jadhav, adding that India should expect “good news soon”
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President rejects mercy plea of child rapist
India | August 06, 2014 18:51 ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy petition of Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik who raped and killed a three-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Amrawati district on March 2, 2007.With this, Mukherjee has signed 22 death
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Home Ministry rejects mercy petitions of Koli, 4 others
India | June 18, 2014 20:48 ISTNew Delhi: Mercy petitions of five death row convicts including Surendra Koli, who was found guilty in the sensational Nithari serial rapes and killings, were today rejected by the Home Ministry.Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
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Make delay a criteria for deciding mercy petition, says SC
India | February 19, 2014 7:20 ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to include delay as a criteria in deciding the mercy petition of a death row convict.Pointing out that the government has set out certain criteria for
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President rejects mercy petition, Haryana rape murder convict Dharampal to be hanged next week
India | April 04, 2013 8:38 ISTNew Delhi, April 3: Dharampal, the Haryana rape convict who was released on parole and went on to murder five members of the victim's family, is set to be hanged next week.President Pranab Mukherjee has
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President rejects mercy petition of Karnataka man who killed wife, daughter
India | January 14, 2013 9:57 ISTNew Delhi, Jan 14: President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy petition of Saibanna Ningappa Natikar, presently in Hindalga central jail, Belgaum, Karnataka, says a media report. Natikar was convicted of killing his wife and
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SGPC Sends Mercy Petition To President, Badal Jr Rules Out Hanging On 31st
India | March 26, 2012 18:46 ISTChandigarh, Mar 26: SGPC, the apex religious body of Sikhs, today sent a mercy petition to the President seeking clemency for death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana even as Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
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President Yet To Take Decision On Afzal Guru's Mercy Petition
India | September 30, 2011 21:51 ISTNew Delhi, Sep 30: Home Minister P Chidambaram today said no decision has been taken by President Pratibha Patil on Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru's petition seeking commutation of death sentence.“President's decision (on his mercy
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Chidambaram Mum On Mercy For Rajiv Killers
India | September 01, 2011 18:24 ISTNew Delhi, Sept 1 : The Centre today steered clear of the controversy over Tamil Nadu Assembly asking the President to reconsider the mercy pleas of Rajiv Gandhi's killers but said as long as death
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At Last, Home Ministry Forwards Afzal's Mercy Petition File To President
India | August 10, 2011 20:54 ISTNew Delhi, August 10: The government is understood to have recommended to the President rejection of the clemency petition of Parliament attack convict Mohd Afzal Guru, condemned to death. The home ministry is believed to
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Hearing On Sarabjit Petition Adjourned In Pak Court
World | August 03, 2011 19:46 ISTLahore, Aug 3: A hearing on a petition challenging a possible presidential pardon for Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row following his conviction for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in Pakistan in 1990,
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Pak Prisoner Khalil Chishty's Release May Take Time
India | June 21, 2011 16:47 ISTJaipur, Jun 21: A decision on the mercy petition of 80-year-old Pakistani prisoner Khalil Chishty is likely to take some time with the Rajasthan Governor today seeking more information on the case.Governor Shivraj Patil held
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