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By PTI - MUMBAI
24th September 2012 04:09 PM
Ajmal Kasab's mercy petition,
addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, has been "rejected"
by Maharashtra's Home Ministry, days after the lone surviving
perpetrator of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks set in motion the
last option available to save his life.
"The Home Ministry has rejected Kasab's petition and has
forwarded it to the Chief Minister's Office," sources in the
home department told PTI today.
Under the rules, the Chief Minister's Office would now
forward the mercy plea to the Union Home Ministry, which in
turn would send it to the Rashtrapati Bhavan with its
recommendation.
There has been a demand from several quarters for speedy
implementation of the apex court order, upholding Kasab's
death sentence.
Shiv Sena had recently demanded that President Pranab
Mukherjee "summarily dismiss" Kasab's mercy petition.
Kasab had moved his plea earlier this month, over a
fortnight after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence.
The nearly four-year legal battle launched by the
25-year-old had ended on August 29 when the Supreme Court
upheld his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11 attacks
case, saying he killed without "the slightest twinge of
conscience."
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Comments(2)
it proves that the home ministry which rejected the mercy petition has become communal ( as per the so called secular government norms)
Posted by ganesan.r at 09/24/2012 22:06 Reply to this Report abuse
Not Bad. It shows Governments can also act reasonably fast. Well done Maha. Govt. Big question is whether the Central Govt (with it's own ideas of Secularism and forthcoming Gujrat Elections) can also make up it's mind!!! Then, whether Rashtrapati ji will have time to consider (?) Kasab's petition. Fear, It may be a long way .....
Posted by RP Shrivastava at 09/25/2012 00:20 Reply to this Report abuse