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We are also victims of the system, says death row convict Bhullar's wife
by Danish Raza
May 14, 2013

a Khalistani terrorist.The mercy petition filed in 2003 was rejected by former president Pratibha Patil in May 2011. Kaur moved the Supreme Court (SC) seeking #Terrorism # Supreme Court # Death sentence # VeryCloseUp # Death Penalty # Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar # Navneet Kaur
Rejection of Das mercy plea by former president Patil illegal: SC
May 02, 2013

Das by the then President Pratibha Patil and commuted the sentence to life imprisonment on ground of 12 year delay in deciding his plea.The apex court #India # NewsTracker # Supreme Court # Death sentence # Pratibha Patil # Home Ministry # APJ Abdul Kalam # Life sentence
SC questions Ambani security, but what about Vadra, Vajpayee or Sonia?
by Raman Kirpal
May 02, 2013

VVIPs are former Presidents Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil, Baba Hardev Singh Nirankari, Beni Prasad Verma, Army Chief Bikram Singh, BSP MPs (Rajya Sabha #Rahul # Sonia # Vadra # Vajpayee # Protecting VVIPs # Z+ Security
Man behind the double murders, MN Das: All you need to know
by FP Staff
May 01, 2013

that Das had filed before the then President Pratibha Patil in 1999, was rejected in 2011, after a delay of 11 years.A Hindu report says that Das in his #NewsTracker # Assam # Murder convict # M N Das # Hara Kanta Das
SC commutes death sentence of Assam murder convict MN Das
May 01, 2013

was rejected by then President Pratibha Patil.A bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi allowed the plea of Das who had approached the apex court for commutation #India # NewsTracker # Supreme Court # Death sentence # Pratibha Patil # MN Das # Assam murder convict
How regional parties make the Rahul versus Modi debate pointless
by Vivek Kaul
Apr 17, 2013

is in the race or not. The Congress might choose even someone like a Pratibha Patil to be PM (like it chose Manmohan Singh), but the real power will remain #OnOurMind # Congress # BJP # Narendra Modi # Rahul Gandhi
Rajiv assassination convicts: why Article 161 is politically significant in TN
by G Pramod Kumar
Apr 15, 2013

.Seemingly, the idea of 161 hadnt dawned on the Tamil Nadu politicians in 2011, when the state assembly had passed a resolution requesting the then president Pratibha #DMK # NewsTracker # Sanjay Dutt # ConnectTheDots # Rajiv Gandhi assassination # clemency # Article 161
Is BJP giving the Goa illegal mining scam a slow death?
Apr 15, 2013

2011, four months before elections to the state legislative assembly, then party chief Nitin Gadkari met president Pratibha Patil and handed her a letter #ThatsJustWrong # Goa # Illegal mining # GMOEA
SC rejects Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's mercy plea: All you need to know
by FP Staff
Apr 12, 2013

judgement.- Bhullar's plea for mercy was rejected by the President Pratibha Patil in May 2011.- Bhullar has spent time in a mental asylum in New Delhi in 2011 #Supreme Court # Death sentence # WhoIsThis # Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar # TADA
President Pranab rejects 12 mercy pleas, a first in India
by FP Staff
Apr 05, 2013

.He commuted the death sentence of Atbir, who was found guilty of murdering three relatives on 15 November, 2012 over a property dispute.Pratibha Patil: She #Pranab Mukherjee # Ajmal Kasab # Pratibha Patil # Afzal Guru # ListsEtc # Death petition

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