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Forget the DOJ. For a Trump pardon, call "Bobby" and other influencersPresident Donald Trump's pardon system has shifted dramatically. Influence now hinges on personal networks and narratives of victimhood, by...- Beant Singh assassination case: SC asks Centre to file affidavit on Rajoana's pleaThe Supreme Court has given the Centre two weeks to respond to Balwant Singh Rajoana's plea. Rajoana, convicted in the assassination of for...
- Take decision on Balwant Singh Rajoana's mercy petition by March 18: Supreme Court asks CentreThe Supreme Court has given the Centre until March 18 to decide on Balwant Singh Rajoana's mercy petition. Rajoana, convicted for the 1995 ...
- SC seeks Centre's reply on plea for fixing time limit for disposal of mercy petitionsThe top court said that only thing it may consider is directing the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on time limit for placing the mercy peti...
- Nirbhaya: SC dismisses Akshay's plea challenging rejection of his second mercy petitionThe Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed death-row convict Akshay Kumar's plea challenging the rejection of his second mercy petition by the...
- Centre moves SC seeking 7-day deadline for hanging death row convictsIt also sought a direction that "if the convict of death sentence wants to file mercy petition, it would be mandatory for a convict of deat...
- President Pranab Mukherjee rejects Yakub Memon's fresh mercy petition, Supreme Court clears legal hurdles for hangingThe mercy petition of Memon, facing gallows in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, was rejected tonight by President after govt advised him such a cour...
- After Supreme Court denies relief, Yakub Memon submits mercy petition to GovernorMemon, the only convict on death row in the case, handed over his mercy petition to the authorities of the Central Prison here.
- History repeating itself on delay in deciding mercy pleas: Supreme Court"Unfortunately" history seems to be repeating itself on delay in disposing of mercy pleas by government, the Supreme Court today said.
- Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde pleads for secrecy on mercy petition decisionsThe court had said then that proper communication must be sent to the immediate relatives of these condemned prisoners and said it wanted n...
- Power to grant clemency should be used judicially: PanelThe power to grant clemency should be used judiciously and mercy petitions should not be considered in cases of rape and murder,
- President Pranab Mukherjee returns mercy petitions of Afzal Guru, six othersPranab Mukherjee has returned seven mercy petitions, including that of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru, for consideration of the ...
- Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition last among 12 pending petitions in President Pranab Mukherjee's officeIn a first, the President Secretariat has made public details of mercy petitions pending with President Pranab Mukherjee. The plea of 26/11...
- Show no mercy on Ajmal Kasab: Home Ministry to PresidentThe Centre has sent a recommendation to the President that Kasab's mercy petition be rejected since he is guilty of a heinous terror attack.
- 26/11 Mumbai attacks: Will government delay Ajmal Kasab's execution, asks BJPThe question came after the lone surviving perpetrator of Mumbai terror attacks filed a mercy petition before the President.
- Chidambaram hits out at opposition on mercy petitions issueHome Minister P Chidambaram hit out at the opposition on the issue of mercy petitions, saying while 16 cases had been decided during his te...
- Balwant Singh Rajoana's mercy petition to be examined on merit: P ChidambaramHome Ministry will examine on merit the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, and it will be submitted to the President for a final deci...
- Home Ministry forwards mercy petition of Afzal Guru to President with advice to hang himHome Ministry has forwarded the mercy petition of Mohammad Afzal Guru to the President, with the advice that the SC judgement upholding his...
- Digvijaya Singh blames home ministry againCongress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, who is critical of the home ministry's policy paradigm, on Thursday once again directed his ire...
- Delhi again sends Afzal file to LGDelhi govt sends Afzal Guru's file again with some minor clarifications.
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