New Delhi, December 01:L The mercy petitions of 20 death row convicts, including Afzal Guru, who was given death sentence for 2001 Indian parliament attack case, are under various stages of consideration.
Minister of State for Home, Mullappally Ramachandran informed Rajya Sabha that the cases of mercy petitions were examined and submitted to the President's Secretariat.
"The power under Article 72 of the Constitution does not contain any limitation of time in which power shall be exercised," he said in a written reply. The 20 cases include that of Muhammad Afzal Guru.
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