Search For "mercy petitions"
"Bharath Ratna for 'veer' who worked against Bharath! Masterstroke!": Priy
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader and Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge on Monday launched a sharp attack on the demand to confer the Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar, asking why a person who, according to him, "worked against Bharath" should receive the country's highest civilian honour.
Read More
"Anti-national government will operate Delhi": BJP leader Virendraa Sachde
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Launching a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party and Atishi, who is set to succeed as the Delhi Chief Minister, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Virendraa Sachdeva on Tuesday alleged that the Delhi Minister's parents had written mercy petitions to cancel the death sentence of 2001 Parlia
Read More
Savarkar was first to suggest "two-nation theory": Chhattisgarh CM
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 13 (ANI): Taking a dig on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over his comment that "Savarkar wrote mercy petitions to the British government on Mahatma Gandhi's request", Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupeh Baghel on Wednesday said that it was Savarkar wh
Read More
Brinda Karat alleges Rajnath's comments on Savarkar 'lies'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member Brinda Karat on Wednesday alleged that Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is lying over his comment that "on Mahatma Gandhi's request, Savarkar wrote mercy petitions to the British".
Read More
BJP will soon declare Savarkar as 'father of nation': Owaisi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 13 (ANI): Slamming Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over his comment that "on Mahatma Gandhi's request, Savarkar wrote mercy petitions to the British", AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday alleged that the BJP will soon declare Vinayak Damodar Savar
Read More
Gandhi asked Savarkar to file mercy plea before British: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Noting that there had been "deliberate attempts to defame" Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that it was on Mahatma Gandhi's request that he wrote mercy petitions to the British.
Read More
SC seeks Centre's reply in plea for guidelines for time bound disposal of
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking directions for issuance of guidelines for time bound disposal of clemency and mercy petitions for cases in which death penalty have been awarded.
Read More
Plea filed in SC seeking guidelines for time-bound disposal of clemency, m
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions for issuance of guidelines for disposal of clemency and mercy petitions for cases in which death penalty has been awarded, in a time-bound manner.
Read More
As hanging date remains uncertain, Nirbhaya's mother suggests rule to avoi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): As uncertainty looms over when convicts in the gruesome Nibhaya case will be hanged, her mother on Wednesday said the government and Supreme Court should formulate guidelines under which accused in the same matter file their review or mercy petitions collecti
Read More
Nirbhaya convicts' lawyer moves court seeking documents from Tihar Jail ne
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Lawyer of the Nirbhaya convicts, AP Singh, on Friday filed an application before a Delhi court seeking "urgent directions" to Tihar Jail authorities to provide documents needed to file curative and mercy petitions for three of the convicts.
Read More
Nirbhaya's rapists to soon file curative, mercy petitions as last resort
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): All the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case on Tuesday stated that they will soon file both the curative and mercy petitions and also pressed the Tihar Jail authorities to withdraw its order directing them to avail the legal remedies in seven da
Read More
Plea in SC seeks framing of rules for time-bound disposal of mercy petitio
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking a direction to frame specific procedures, rules, and guidelines for time-bound disposal of mercy petitions.
Read More