Beant Singh Assassination: SC Gives Last Chance To Centre To Decide On Death Penalty Why does government need three weeks, what is it doing? the bench with Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-25T13:20:18+05:30 Beant Singh Assassination: SC Gives Last Chance To Centre To Decide On Death Penalty outlookindia.com 2021-01-25T13:39:27+05:30
The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Centre two weeks to decide on Balwant S Rajoana s plea seeking a commutation of death penalty in case related to former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh s assassination.
Beant Singh Assassination: SC Asks Centre to Decide on Rajoana s Mercy Petition by Jan 26
Rajoana was convicted for his involvement in an explosion outside the Punjab civil secretariat that killed Beant Singh and 16 others in 1995. His mercy petition has been pending since 2012.
Balwant Singh Rajoana. Photo: PTI
Law08/Jan/2021
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to take a decision before January 26 on Balwant S. Rajoana’s plea seeking commutation of death penalty in former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh’s assassination case.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde said that the decision be taken before the Republic Day which is a “good date”.