SC stays execution of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 05:05

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of 1993 Delhi blast terror convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar.

SC agrees to hear in open court Bhullar`s plea against death

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 09:20

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear in an open court the plea of Khalistan Liberation Force terrorist Devinderpal Singh for commutation of death sentence awarded to him for the September 1993 blast to life imprisonment.

1993 Delhi blast convict Devender Bhullar moves SC to commute his death penalty to life term

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 11:20

Taking cue from the Supreme Court`s recent decision to commute sentences of 15 death row convicts on the grounds of inordinate delay in their execution, 1993 Delhi blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar has moved the apex court seeking commutation of his death penalty to life term.

Remove Katju as PCI chief, say activists

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 19:55

Social activists here Monday wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking the removal of Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju.

Bhullar verdict may impact Assam death row convict

Last Updated: Sunday, April 14, 2013, 10:20

The Supreme Court`s landmark ruling on the hanging of condemned convicts is likely to impact the case of Assam`s death row murder convict Mahendra Nath Das, whose mercy plea was rejected by the president in 2011.

President may form own opinion on mercy pleas: SC

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 22:25

The Supreme Court has said that while the president or a governor cannot overturn its final verdict, in appropriate cases they can form an opinion whether a case is made out for grant of pardon or reprieve.

Katju writes to President seeking pardon for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 21:25

PCI chairman Justice Markandey Katju has written to President Pranab Mukherjee asking pardon for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar awarded death sentence in connection with 1993 Delhi bomb blast.

Pass resolution on Rajiv killers` death penalty: DMK

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 19:27

DMK president M. Karunanidhi Saturday urged the Tamil Nadu government to pass a cabinet resolution to commute to life terms the death sentences of 3 killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.