SC directs President's secy to expedite Beant assassination convict's plea

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The Supreme Court on Monday directed President Droupadi Murmu's secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration.

Taking into consideration that the petitioner is on a death row, we direct the secretary to the President of India to place the matter before the President with a request to consider the same within two weeks from today," the bench said.

"On the last date the matter was adjourned to enable the Union to take instructions from the office of the President as to by when will mercy plea be decided.

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Topics: Jagtar Singh Hawara Mishra Dilawar Singh Babbar Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Droupadi Murmu Punjabi Sikhs Balwant Singh Rajoana Balwant Singh Rajoana Union territory of chandigarh Supreme Court Punjab Union of India Beant Singh Punjab government President Secretary K V Viswanathan Chief minister Public Finance Activities

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Published On: 2024-11-18 @ 11:57:54 (7 hours ago)

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