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The bench observed: &amp;quot;If someone sentenced to the gallows does not have any support, then what is to be done in such a case.&amp;quot; It recalled the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who was executed for rape and murder of a minor school student.
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Recent decision of the Punjab government to back clemency for Rajoana for assassination of Punjab CM Beant Singh in 1995 seemed to have a bearing on the ongoing proceedings.
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Examining an eight-year delay in deciding the mercy plea of Delhi bomb blast accused Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, a bench of Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya wanted to know from the Centre whether the delay in deciding mercy pleas allowed political parties and legislatures to pass resolutions supporting leniency to the convicts.
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The bench observed: &amp;quot;If someone sentenced to the gallows does not have any support, then what is to be done in such a case.&amp;quot; It recalled the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who was executed for rape and murder of a minor school student.
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Recent decision of the Punjab government to back clemency for Rajoana for assassination of Punjab CM Beant Singh in 1995 seemed to have a bearing on the ongoing proceedings.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday was at a loss to understand why convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee's execution was swift, but a lot of political muscle flexing was on show when it came to Beant Singh's killer Balwant Singh...'
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SC questions bias in treating mercy petitions

-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Tuesday was at a loss to understand why convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee's execution was swift, but a lot of political muscle flexing was on show when it came to Beant Singh's killer Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is slated to be hanged on March 31. The controversy over Rajoana's death sentence reached the apex court on Tuesday with a NGO Lawyers for Human Rights International seeking a review of the trial court verdict, against which the convict had not filed an appeal. However, a co-convict's appeal is pending in the SC. Examining an eight-year delay in deciding the mercy plea of Delhi bomb blast accused Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, a bench of Justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya wanted to know from the Centre whether the delay in deciding mercy pleas allowed political parties and legislatures to pass resolutions supporting leniency to the convicts. The bench observed: "If someone sentenced to the gallows does not have any support, then what is to be done in such a case." It recalled the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, who was executed for rape and murder of a minor school student. "There are several such cases of rape and murder similar to that of Dhananjoy Chatterjee. But he was executed as except for his family members nobody came forward to support his clemency. He was sent to the other world. What criteria did we adopt?" it asked. The court noted that for murder of nine people Bhullar had been on death row since August 25, 2001, and that he was undergoing treatment for acute depression at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) in Delhi. Recent decision of the Punjab government to back clemency for Rajoana for assassination of Punjab CM Beant Singh in 1995 seemed to have a bearing on the ongoing proceedings. The bench said, "We are now witnessing resolutions from legislative bodies and political parties supporting clemency." Earlier too, Jammu and Kashmir and Tamil Nadu Assemblies debated and passed resolution on clemency to be awarded to Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru and Rajiv Gandhi's killers, respectively. The bench asked the Centre - "What should be the criteria then if somebody has got support from any quarter whether political or non-political." The bench also wanted to know if there were instances in the past where the Indian government made representations for clemency to Indian prisoners awarded death sentence in other countries. Additional solicitor general Harin Raval said he would take instructions. Raval informed the Court that 15 petitions were pending with the President, while 17 were decided and a mercy plea was pending with the home ministry.