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    Supreme Court of India, which criticised the Uttar Pradesh police over an FIR against an unknown motorcycle rider caught on the spot and summoned the Khurja Circle Officer
    Supreme Court calls the UP police affidavit "utterly uninspiring" and directs the Circle Officer to appear and explain the FIR discrepancy
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    Supreme Court Lists Rajoana’s Death Sentence Commutation Plea For October 28 After Centre Seeks Time

    A mercy petition pending since 2012, the plea says: Balwant Singh Rajoana’s death sentence commutation plea will return to the Supreme Court on October 28, after Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj sought a short accommodation on behalf of the Union. New Delhi: After the Additional Solicitor General sought a short accommodation for the Union, the […]

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    Balwant Singh Rajoana Death Sentence: Supreme Court to Hear Mercy Petition, Delay Plea on March 18 in Beant Singh Assassination Case
    Balwant Singh Rajoana Death Sentence: Supreme Court to Hear Mercy Petition, Delay Plea on March 18 in Beant Singh Assassination Case
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    Balwant Singh Rajoana Death Sentence: Supreme Court to Hear Mercy Petition, Delay Plea on March 18 in Beant Singh Assassination Case

    The Supreme Court will hear Balwant Singh Rajoana’s plea seeking commutation of his death sentence due to over a decade-long delay in deciding his mercy petition. Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab CM Beant Singh, has spent more than 15 years on death row.

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    Supreme Court Declines to Fast-Track Mercy Plea of 87-Year-Old Swami Shraddhananda in Shakereh Khaleeli Murder Case
    Supreme Court Declines to Fast-Track Mercy Plea of 87-Year-Old Swami Shraddhananda in Shakereh Khaleeli Murder Case
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    Supreme Court Declines to Fast-Track Mercy Plea of 87-Year-Old Swami Shraddhananda in Shakereh Khaleeli Murder Case

    The Supreme Court refused to intervene in the long-pending mercy plea of Swami Shraddhananda, convicted for the brutal 1991 murder of Bengaluru socialite Shakereh Khaleeli. The Court said the matter did not require its interference under Article 32.

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    Why Did You Not Hang Him Till Now?: Supreme Court Grills Centre On Balwant Singh’s Death Row Plea In Punjab CM Assassination Case
    Why Did You Not Hang Him Till Now?: Supreme Court Grills Centre On Balwant Singh’s Death Row Plea In Punjab CM Assassination Case
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    Why Did You Not Hang Him Till Now?: Supreme Court Grills Centre On Balwant Singh’s Death Row Plea In Punjab CM Assassination Case

    The Supreme Court questioned the Centre over the 17-year delay in executing Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for assassinating Punjab CM Beant Singh in 1995. The Court asked, “Who is to blame for that?” while hearing his plea to commute the death sentence.

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