Nirbhaya convict Vinay Sharma moves HC claiming procedural lapse in mercy plea rejectionThe plea claims the recommendation sent to the President to reject the mercy plea did not contain the signature of Delhi Home Minister Saty...
13 Mar, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
Nirbhaya case: Court to pronounce order shortly on Pawan's plea to stay executionPawan's lawyer, A P Singh, said he has filed a mercy plea and execution ought to be stayed. The court, thereafter, asked him to come post l...
02 Mar, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
SC rejects Nirbhaya convict Vinay's request to peruse recommendation for rejection of mercy pleaThe Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the request of Nirbhaya case death-row convict Vinay Sharma to peruse recommendation for rejection o...
13 Feb, 2020, 12.23 PM IST
President rejects mercy plea of Nirbhaya convict Vinay Kumar SharmaVinay Kumar Sharma is one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case
01 Feb, 2020, 11.27 AM IST
Nirbhaya case: Another death row convict Vinay moves mercy plea before President"I have filed mercy petition for Vinay before the President. I have submitted it by hand," rape convict Vinay's lawyer said. Before Vinay, ...
29 Jan, 2020, 09.30 PM IST
Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses plea of death row convict Mukesh against rejection of mercy pleaThe bench said all relevant material including judgements pronounced by trial court, high court and Supreme Court were placed before the Pr...
29 Jan, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Nirbhaya: SC questions death row convict's allegation of "non application of mind" on mercy pleaThe Supreme Court bench headed by Justice R Banumathi questioned one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder ca...
28 Jan, 2020, 02.14 PM IST
Hanging of 4 Nirbhaya convicts not on Jan 22, Delhi govt tells HC, cites pendency of mercy pleaThe high court pulled up the authorities, saying there has been no application of mind and that the system is suffering from cancer in resp...
15 Jan, 2020, 07.53 PM IST
Execution of Nirbhaya convicts will not happen on Jan 22 as mercy plea filed: Delhi govt to HCThe four convicts -- Vinay Sharma (26), Mukesh Kumar (32), Akshay Kumar Singh (31) and Pawan Gupta (25) -- are to be hanged on January 22 a...
15 Jan, 2020, 01.52 PM IST
Do away with mercy for children's rapists: President Ram Nath KovindThe President's suggestion comes against the backdrop of the Union Government forwarding him the Delhi government's recommendation rejectin...
06 Dec, 2019, 11.28 PM IST
MHA recommends to Prez to reject mercy plea of Nirbhaya gang-rape convictThe move came two days after the file rejecting the mercy plea was sent by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to the Home Ministry.
06 Dec, 2019, 03.07 PM IST
President rejects mercy pleas of Nithari killer, 5 othersThe files relating to the five mercy pleas, one of which involves two sisters, were cleared by the President and returned to the home minis...
19 Jul, 2014, 11.28 AM IST
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.
21 Jan, 2014, 10.25 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee rejects mercy pleas of four Veerappan associatesVeerappan associates killed 22 policemen by triggering a landmine blast at Palar in Karnataka in 1993; families informed this time.
14 Feb, 2013, 03.31 AM IST
Ujjwal Nikam welcomes Home Ministry's decision to reject Kasab's mercy pleaUjjwal Nikam, Special Public Prosecutor in the 26/11 case, today welcomed the decision of the Union Home Ministry to reject the mercy plea ...
23 Oct, 2012, 07.43 PM IST
- Over 20 death row convicts await final word on their mercy pleas
As of today there are 22 other death row convicts waiting for a final word from the president on their mercy petitions. One of these petiti...
31 Aug, 2011, 05.23 AM IST
- Mohammad Afzal's mercy plea disposal to take time
There is little likelihood of its disposal in the near future given the 10-15 clemency petitions already lined up for the President’s decis...
14 Dec, 2010, 03.35 AM IST