Beant Singh assassination: SC urges President to decide on killer Rajoana's mercy plea in 2 weeks
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Balwant Singh Rajoana was convicted in the 1995 assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. On May 3 last year, the Supreme Court had refused to commute Rajoana's death sentence. The Supreme Court on Monday urged President Droupadi Murmu to make a decision on the mercy petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana -- a death-row convict in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. Rajoana was sentenced to death for his role in the high-profile political assassination that took place nearly three decades ago. Notably, the apex court's intervention seeks to expedite the long-pending resolution of his plea for clemency. What did the top court say? A bench of Justices BR Gavai, P K Mishra and KV Viswanathan requested the President to consider the plea within two weeks. "Inspite of the matter being specifically kept today none appeared for Union of India. The bench assembled only for this case," the bench said. "On the last...