Inordinate & Unexplained Delay In Deciding Mercy Petition: SC Commutes Death Sentence [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has commuted death sentence awarded to a man convicted for murder of his wife and five children, mainly on the ground of inordinate and unexplained delay in deciding the mercy petition. In September 2009, the Apex Court had upheld the death sentence awarded to Jagdish. He filed mercy petition in October 2009, which was rejected by the President of India on...