Also make rules and guidelines for disposal of mercy petitions, notice of the Supreme to the Center

- Notice of the Supreme Court to the Center on the issue of speedy disposal of mercy petitions
- PIL in the Supreme Court on the issue of mercy petition

New delhi date. 27 May 2020, Wednesday

After a lengthy legal process, a petitioner had approached the Supreme Court over the delay in the execution of convicts sentenced to death. The apex court, while hearing the petition, said that the apex court could not order the president to dispose of the petition sooner.

The apex court also said that it could now be decided that the home ministry should send a mercy petition to the president within a specified time. The apex court later sought a reply from the central government on the whole matter.

The apex court later sought a reply from the central government in view of the mercy petition seeking whether certain rules, guidelines or norms could be laid down for disposal of the mercy petition within the stipulated time. Judge S.A. Bobade and Judge A.S. Bopanna as well as Rishikesh Roy had sent notices to the Center seeking a reply on the whole matter within four weeks.

Shiv Kumar Tripathi had put forward his arguments on the issue of the petition through video conference. In which his main demand is to make rules for timely disposal of mercy petitions filed before the President. The perpetrators of Nirbhaya tried to escape the death penalty by making various petitions.