Top court suspended life sentences of Bengaluru woman Shubha Shankar and her associates in 2003 Girish murder case, allowing them to file mercy pleas within 8 weeks.
If new law comes into play, courts will lose power of judicial review & word of President will be considered final. There is no time limit for President to decide on mercy petition.
The historian as judge-referee looking to ‘settle’ the question of Gandhi allegedly urging Savarkar to file mercy petitions is doomed to fail, and not due to lack of evidence.
Rajnath Singh's attempt to Gandhi-wash Savarkar has carved his mercy petitions in stone. The debate between politicians and historians is now in the town square.
The counsel of the four convicts moved the court claiming the second mercy plea of one of them is still pending. The court will hear the plea Thursday.
Vinay Sharma, along with three others, is set to be executed on 1 February for the December 2012 gangrape and murder. The President has already rejected one of the convict's mercy plea.
Mukesh Singh had moved the top court against the rejection of his mercy plea, and contended that the expedited decision showed non-application of mind by the President.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
Women can easily get away with murder in our society. The Supreme Court has set a wrong precedent for the Indian judiciary. As it is, the laws are inherently anti-men and pro-women.
Women can easily get away with murder in our society. The Supreme Court has set a wrong precedent for the Indian judiciary. As it is, the laws are inherently anti-men and pro-women.