Mercy petitions: India - Revision history

Jyoti: /* Commutation */

2022-06-17T19:25:15Z

‎Commutation

Pdewan: /* 1991: President’s delay on mercy petition */

2022-05-19T04:59:56Z

‎1991: President’s delay on mercy petition

Pdewan at 04:59, 19 May 2022

2022-05-19T04:59:18Z

Pdewan: /* 30% of all mercy petitions since '47 commuted to life */

2015-10-25T18:19:27Z

‎30% of all mercy petitions since '47 commuted to life

Pdewan: /* First 6 presidents rejected only 1 of 263 mercy pleas */

2015-10-25T18:15:06Z

‎First 6 presidents rejected only 1 of 263 mercy pleas

Pdewan: /* 1991: President’s delay on mercy petition */

2015-09-12T14:31:29Z

‎1991: President’s delay on mercy petition

Pdewan: /* Govindasamy: mercy after 22 years on death row */

2015-08-22T09:12:57Z

‎Govindasamy: mercy after 22 years on death row

Pdewan: /* See also */

2015-08-11T19:32:38Z

‎See also

Pdewan: /* Remission of sentence after 14 years */

2015-07-26T18:56:35Z

‎Remission of sentence after 14 years

Pdewan: /* Govindasamy: mercy after 22 years on death row */

2015-07-26T18:54:08Z

‎Govindasamy: mercy after 22 years on death row

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 Speaking on the report, former law commission chairperson Justice (retired) A P Shah said the government's guidelines need revision and the time for challenging mercy petitions before the President should be increased from a week to 90 days.
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 Pratibha Patil (2007-12) commuted death sentence to life in 34 cases while rejecting five mercy petitions.
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 ''' Landmark order after Prez’s delay '''
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 Now, though Puranik has retired, there is no change in his views. The former judge of the high court says the President must dispose of mercy petitions within a reasonable time, like six months to a year.
 =Reviewing the President’s decision=

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 ==30% of all mercy petitions since 1947 commuted to life==
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Since-47-30-of-all-mercy-petitions-commuted-10102015021020 ''The Times of India''], October 10, 2015
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 Speaking on the report, former law commission chairperson Justice (retired) A P Shah said the government's guidelines need revision and the time for challenging mercy petitions before the President should be increased from a week to 90 days.
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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=First-6-presidents-rejected-just-1-of-263-02092015034105 ''The Times of India''], Sep 02 2015
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 The government said this in its petition seeking review of the SC’s May 1 judgment, commuting the death sentence of double murder convict M N Das to life.
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 New Delhi: Delay by the President in consideration of a mercy plea cannot be ground for the Supreme Court to reopen cases of death penalty, the government has said in a review petition in the apex court.
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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Since-47-30-of-all-mercy-petitions-commuted-10102015021020 ''The Times of India''], October 10, 2015

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	A PUCL committee, which recorded the statements of villagers in the mercy petition, said Govindsamy was a simpleton whose uncle had allegedly tortured Govindasam’s parents and, on the fateful day, forced them to sign a paper to usurp their property. “We requested in the plea that the President should look into the social and economic background of the person. The apex court gave an order looking at the legal side of the case. But we asked the President to consider the socio-economic background of the person and his conduct in prison,’’ said Suresh.		A PUCL committee, which recorded the statements of villagers in the mercy petition, said Govindsamy was a simpleton whose uncle had allegedly tortured Govindasam’s parents and, on the fateful day, forced them to sign a paper to usurp their property. “We requested in the plea that the President should look into the social and economic background of the person. The apex court gave an order looking at the legal side of the case. But we asked the President to consider the socio-economic background of the person and his conduct in prison,’’ said Suresh.
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		+	=SC: Court must not be carried away by mercy petitions=
		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=CRY-FOR-JUSTICE-Courts-mustnt-be-carried-away-21082015017037 ''The Times of India''], Aug 21 2015
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		+	AmitAnand Choudhary
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		+	''' `CRY FOR JUSTICE' - `Courts mustn't be carried away by passion of mercy' '''
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		+	A Supreme Court bench ruled that an extremely liberal sentencing policy militated against legal permissibility and social acceptability.
		+	A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant pointed out the casual manner in which courts were exercising discretion in awarding sentences.
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		+	Disapproving Punjab and Haryana High Court's decision to reduce sentences of three convicts in a case of abetment to suicide to four months and 20 days jail term already undergone by them, the SC said a court must not brush aside the agony of victims while taking a lenient and merciful approach toward criminals.
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		+	Justices Misra and Pant understood society's expectation for justice. “Society waits with patience to see that justice is done. Society hopes for it. When criminal culpability is established but discretion is irrationally exercised by the court, the said hope is shattered and patience is wrecked,“ the bench said.
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		+	Writing the judgment for the bench, Justice Misra said, “A court, while imposing sentence, has a duty to respond to the collective cry of society.“
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		+	The bench added, “It has come to the notice of this court that sometimes, the court of first instance as well as the appellate court which includes the high court, either on individual notion or misplaced sympathy or personal perception, seem to have been carried away by passion of mercy.“
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		+	The HC had reduced the sentence on the ground that the convicts, whose sister was teased by the victim, were first-time offenders and belonged to a lower caste. “We are constrained to say that the learned single judge, while dealing with the appeal preferred by the convicts, has remained quite unmindfulto the obvious and, therefore the sentence imposed by the learned trial judge is restored,“ it said.

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 A PUCL committee, which recorded the statements of villagers in the mercy petition, said Govindsamy was a simpleton whose uncle had allegedly tortured Govindasam’s parents and, on the fateful day, forced them to sign a paper to usurp their property. “We requested in the plea that the President should look into the social and economic background of the person. The apex court gave an order looking at the legal side of the case. But we asked the President to consider the socio-economic background of the person and his conduct in prison,’’ said Suresh.
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+=Remission of sentence after 14 years by the Supreme Court=
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=SC-gives-states-some-room-to-free-lifers-24072015001026 ''The Times of India''], Jul 24 2015

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 A PUCL committee, which recorded the statements of villagers in the mercy petition, said Govindsamy was a simpleton whose uncle had allegedly tortured Govindasam’s parents and, on the fateful day, forced them to sign a paper to usurp their property. “We requested in the plea that the President should look into the social and economic background of the person. The apex court gave an order looking at the legal side of the case. But we asked the President to consider the socio-economic background of the person and his conduct in prison,’’ said Suresh.
 =See also=
 [[Death penalty: India]]