Tag: Mercy Petition

Mount Abu (Rajasthan): Demonic attacks on women have shaken the conscience of the country, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday and advocated that those convicted under the POCSO Act should be deprived of their right to mercy petition. It is for the Parliament to take a decision on the matter and make necessary constitutional […]

New Delhi: After the Union Home Ministry and the Delhi government recommended the President reject the mercy petition filed by one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case, the victim’s mother has also written to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding rejection of mercy petition. In a plea forwarded through the Harijan […]

New Delhi: One of the four convicts on death row in the Nirbhaya gang rape-murder case on Thursday moved the Election Commission of India to challenge the rejection of his mercy petition. Vinay Sharma, through his advocate AP Singh, told the poll body that the Model Code of Conduct was in place in Delhi when […]