Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar moves to Supreme Court - NewsX
- 5 years ago
Delivering its judgment on a batch of 13 Public Interest Litigation and writ petitions, the Indian Supreme Court provided relief on Tuesday to prisoners who are facing death row and civil rights organisations seeking commutation of the extreme penalty to life sentences in cases involving inordinate delays in the disposal of mercy petitions by the President.
In its judgement, the court commuted the death sentence of 15 convicts to life, saying that the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President was flawed. The death penalty of 13 prisoners has been commuted to life on the grounds of inordinate delay on the part of the President to decide their mercy pleas. The other two were given life sentences on finding that long years in death row had turned them mentally ill.
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In its judgement, the court commuted the death sentence of 15 convicts to life, saying that the rejection of their mercy petitions by the President was flawed. The death penalty of 13 prisoners has been commuted to life on the grounds of inordinate delay on the part of the President to decide their mercy pleas. The other two were given life sentences on finding that long years in death row had turned them mentally ill.
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