Saturday 26 May 2012

Supreme Court: Furnish Details of Mercy Petitions filed by Death Row Convicts

The Supreme Court of India on 11 April 2012 directed seven states to furnish within 48 hours, details of mercy petitions filed by death row convicts pending with respective Governors. In case these states fail to do so, the Home Secretaries of the states concerned would have to appear before it. The states which reportedly failed to comply with the order are Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa and West Bengal.
A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhyaya passed the direction. The court had passed earlier order in this regard which was brought to its notice by Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval.

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