Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts deserve death sentence: SC

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 21:06

Prisoners convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case deserve the death sentence, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it refused to go into the merits of their conviction.

Centre to challenge SC ruling on commuting death sentences on grounds of delay

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:06

The central government will challenge the Supreme Court`s recent ruling in which it said that inexplicable, inordinate delays in deciding mercy pleas of death row convicts can be sufficient grounds for commutation of death sentence to life.

Matter closed now: Mahesh Bhatt on Sanjay Dutt`s mercy plea

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 21:00

Amidst growing demand from various quarters seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case by Supreme Court, eminent producer-director Mahesh Bhatt today said the matter is closed now as Dutt did not seek mercy.

Sanjay Dutt`s mercy plea should be considered positive: NCP

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 20:02

Actor Sanjay Dutt deserves to be pardoned after the Supreme Court sentenced him to five years` imprisonment and his mercy petition ought to be considered positively, spokesman D P Tripathi said here on Monday.

Don`t execute Veerappan associates: Amnesty

Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 19:19

Amnesty International Thursday urged India not to execute the four associates of the late forest brigand Veerappan whose mercy plea have been rejected.

Govt acts swiftly after Prez rejects Afzal Guru`s mercy plea

Last Updated: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 11:53

Merely five days after his mercy petition was rejected by the President, the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was carried out in the Tihar jail.

Will see Afzal Guru mercy plea after Par session: Shinde

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 19:32

Files pertaining to mercy pleas of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru and six others will be looked into after the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Sunday.

Shinde to look at Guru`s mercy plea after Parl session

Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 15:49

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Friday said he will have a look at the mercy petition of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru only after the Winter Session of Parliament.

Mercy plea: Prez commutes sentence of death row convict

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 14:13

In a first case of pardon by Prez Pranab Mukherjee after assuming office, death sentence of a convict, Atbir, has been commuted to life imprisonment.

Home Ministry sends Ajmal Kasab`s mercy plea to President

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 17:08

The mercy plea of Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab was processed and sent to the President by the Home Ministry on Tuesday.

Place developments on mercy plea on website: CIC to Prez secy

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 19:26

The CIC has asked the President`s office to place on its website periodic developments taking place on the mercy petitions pending with it.

Reveal files related to mercy plea of Guru, others

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 15:43

The CIC has directed the Home Ministry to make public file notings and material related to the mercy plea of death convicts, including Afzal Guru, on the basis of which it tenders advise to the President.