Supreme Court of India

Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of Nct of Delhi

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Reported as [2020] 4 S.C.R. 1055
Bench R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A. S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 20 March 2020

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Constitution of India: Arts.32 and 72 – Writ petiti on challenging the rejection of mercy petition by the Preside nt of India on the ground that the settled principles of considerati on of mercy petition were not followed – Contention of writ peti tioner that the petitioner’s plea of juvenility was not finally deter mined and this aspect was not kept in view while rejecting mercy peti tion u/Art.72 of the Constitution – Held: There is no merit in the co ntention of the writ petitioner – The petitioner had earlier ra ised plea of juvenility before the Juvenile Justice Board and aft er

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