Who is devinder singh bhullar

Bhullar was convicted and awarded death penalty for triggering a bomb blast in New Delhi in September SC agreed to hear in an open court plea of Khalistan Liberation Force terrorist Devinderpal Singh for commutation of death sentence awarded to him for September blast to life imprisonment.

The Supreme Court has tightened the law to prevent the government from executing a mentally ill person like Punjab militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar.

India does not see any locus standi of Germany in case of death row convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar for whom they are pressing clemency. A petition seeking stay on the execution of Devinder Singh Bhullar, convicted in the Delhi blasts case, was filed in the Supreme Court today.

Hitting out at the UPA for imposing wealth tax on farmers, the Punjab government today said the move is a crushing blow to peasants. Parkash Singh Badal met President and demanded that Bhullar, awarded death sentence in the Delhi blast case, be pardoned.

The Supreme Court has rejected the mercy petition of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who is on death row for a bomb blast in Delhi that killed nine people. Bhullar is the key accused in car bomb blast outside the Indian Youth Congress office in which nine persons were killed in Delhi.

The letter reached the family more than 48 hours after Guru had been hanged and buried in Delhi's Tihar Jail on Saturday. Political parties in Punjab today played politics over the the rejection of the mercy plea of Khalistan militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar with the Akali Dal and Punjab Congress demanding that his death sentence be commuted.

The death row waiting list has shortened by two with President Pratibha Patil rejecting the mercy petitions of two convicts. Have you read these stories?

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Due to his continued struggle, Professor Bhullar was granted a transfer from Tihar Jail to Amritsar Jail after more than twenty years in June The continued unequal treatment and arrest of minorities has also been addressed by the Indian Supreme Court. Specifically referring to the use of TADA, the Supreme Court has warned against police officers abusing their power to target innocent individuals and cause sufferance BBC, As Indian celebrities and police officers continue to receive leniency in their convictions and sentences which include murder and life imprisonment , Sikh political prisoners such as Professor Bhullar remain in jail with little or no evidence.

It is estimated there are more than Sikh political prisoners being kept in jail in India, which have served more than their given sentences The Logical Indian, Some state governments, such as Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, have already taken the initiative to release political prisoners.

More states, including Punjab where most of the Sikh political prisoners are being imprisoned, need to do the same and release these prisoners as well. But what is beyond disturbing and unbearable is the helplessness that Sikhs find themselves in every time India hangs one of ours on the noose to make a statement, or kills one in a fake encounter, or worse - when, on the global stage, the crimes against the innocents are justified as curbing terrorism and the perpetrators of the mass killings and disappearances are venerated as the face of anti-terror.

Amnesty International. Commutation of Bhullar's death sentence must spur rethink on death penalty. India Supreme Court warning over minority arrests.

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