The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticised the delay on the part of the government to decide a mercy petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row for nearly 27 years for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit noted that even an apex court order on May 2 directing the government to take a call in the next two months seemed to have gone unheeded.
Rajoana’s plea for Presidential mercy has been hanging in limbo despite the government having decided in 2019 to spare his life in commemoration of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
