Beant Singh killing: SC asks Centre to decide by March 18 Balwant Singh Rajoana's mercy plea
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central government to decide by the March 18 petition of death-row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana, seeking commutation of the death sentence awarded to him for the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Viswanathan adjourned the matter for hearing on March 18 a