Both the Centre and Punjab government will spell out their respective stands on the plea on Monday, before a three-judge bench headed by Justice BR Gavai, and also comprising Justices PK Mishra and Justice KV Viswanathan.Beant Singh and 16 others were killed in an explosion outside the Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995.Rajoana’s plea submitted that he has been in jail for more than 28 years and on death row for 17 years. Senior lawyer and former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Rajoana, had argued that he cannot be made to wait indefinitely citing national security. “Keeping the petitioner on death row while sitting over his mercy plea for such a long time violates his fundamental rights,” Rohatgi argued.
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