Supreme Court of India
Mukesh Kumar v. Union of India and Others
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What the Court ordered
In the result, we do not find any ground for exercise of judicial review of the order of the President of India rejecting the petitioner’s mercy petition and this petition is liable to be dismissed.
Judgment, page 18
From the headnote
Constitution of India – Arts. 32, 72 and 161 – Rejec tion of mercy petition filed by a death-row convict – Judicial review of – Petitioner was convicted in Nirbhaya’s case which r elates to the gang rape of the victim – The Trial Court recorded the incident within the category of ‘rarest of rare cases’ and s entenced the petitioner to death – The High Court and the Suprem e Court confirmed the death sentence – The petitioner, after exh austing all his remedies filed mercy petition on 14.01.2020 addr essed to the President of India u/Art. 72 and Lieutenant Governor u/Art. 161 of the
Authorities it was built on
- 1978 Sunil Batra Etc. v. Delhi Administration and Ors. Etc.
- 2014 Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2006 Epuru Sudhakar and Anr. v. Govt. of A.P. and Ors.
- 2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors.
- 1988 Kehar Singh and Anr. Etc. v. Union of India & Anr.
- 2000 Satpal and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Ors.
- 2011 Narayan Dutt and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.
- 2013 Devender Pal Singh Bhullar v. State of N.C.T. of Delhi
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