Death Penalty

New Hopes for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar: Supreme Court of India stopped his execution and to review his Petition

New Delhi, India (February 02, 2014): On Friday, January 31, Supreme Court of India decided to stop Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar’s (Prof. Bhullar) execution.

SC installs temporary stay on execution of Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar; Seeks medical report from IHBAS

New Delhi, India (January 31, 2014): As per information available with the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN), Supreme Court of India (SCI) has stayed the execution of Sikh political prisoner Professor Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. The court stayed his execution while hearing a petition moved by Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar's wife Bibi Navneet Kaur.

India: Government to contest recent Supreme Court verdict on death penalty cases

New Delhi, India (January 30, 2014): As per certain media reports the Government of India (GOI) is likely to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s recent judgment commuting death sentence of 15 convicts to life imprisonment on the ground the President had delayed in deciding their mercy petitions.

SCI to hear Prof. DPS Bhullar’s curative petition in Open Court on Jan. 31

New Delhi, India (January 28, 2014): It is learnt that the Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear in an open court the petition of Sikh political prisoner Professor Devender Pal Singh Bhullar for commutation of death sentence to life imprisonment.

Supreme Court of India to hear curative petition of Prof. DPS Bhullar on January 28

New Delhi, India (January 24, 2014): It is learnt that Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar’s plea against death penalty have been listed for hearing in the Supreme Court of India. As per information the SCI shall hear curative petition of Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar on January 28, 2014.

India: Amnesty welcomes Supreme Court decision upholding rights of death row prisoners

New Delhi, India (January 21, 2014): In a statement sent to the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN), the Amnesty International India has welcomed the recent decision of the Supreme Court of India (SCI), in which a constitutional bench commuted the death sentences of 15 persons who had been on death row in India.

SCI commutes 15 death sentences; Judgment to be impactful in Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar’s case

New Delhi, India (January 21, 2014): A constitutional bench of The Supreme Court of India (SCI) based on P. Sathasivam, Chief Justice of India (CJI), Ranjan Gogoi, J, and Shiva Kirti Singh, J, commuted death sentences of 15 death penalty convicts to life imprisonments on January 21, 2014. Death sentences of 13 convicts were commuted on ground of inordinate delay in execution, while two others were granted commutation on the ground of deteriorated mental health condition.

India: SC commutes death sentences of 15 to life imprisonments; 13 for delay in execution, 2 on mental health grounds

New Delhi, India (January 21, 2014): As per recent media reports the Supreme Court of India commuted the sentences of 15 death row convicts on January 21, 2013. The SCI commuted these sentences while ruling that delays in their execution were grounds to change their sentences to life imprisonment.

OCT 10 – World Day against Death Penalty: India must commute death setnences of all prisoners at risk of Execution: Amnesty

New Delhi, India (October 10, 2013): According to a press statement sent to the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) by the Amnesty International India [a]t least 23 people in India are at risk of execution.

Bhai Rajoana rushed to Rajindra Hospital of chest pain; Shifted to PGI Chandigarh

Patiala/ Chandigarh, Punjab (September 21, 2013): It is learnt that Sikh political prisoner Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is facing death penalty in India has been was rushed to a Rajindra Hospital, Patiala on September 21, 2013 after he complained pain in his chest.

India:Thousands support anti-death penalty campaign by Amnesty International India

New Delhi, India (September 20, 2013): According to a press release (dated: 19 September 2013), sent to the Sikh Siyasat News by Amnesty International India [o]ver 65,000 people have supported an Amnesty International India campaign seeking abolition of the death penalty in India.

India: Death penalty will not end violence against women, says Amnesty International India

New Delhi, India (September 13, 2013): Far-reaching procedural and institutional reform, and not the death penalty, is needed to tackle the endemic problem of violence against women in India, Amnesty International India said today after four men convicted of the December 2012 gang-rape were sentenced to death by a court in New Delhi.

Delhi gang rape: Four men sentenced to death

New Delhi, India (September 13, 2013): It is learnt that all four men convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi were sentenced to death on September 13, 2013 by the fast track trial court.

Open Letter by BHRC of England & Wales in the matter of the immediate risk of execution of Prof. Bhullar

London, England (August 28, 2013): It is learnt that Kirsty Brimelow QC, the Chairwoman, Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has written an open letter to the President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh and the Indian Home Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde in the matter of the immediate risk of execution of Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar.

International Commission of Jurists want India to immediately halt Professor Bhullar’s imminent execution

Furthermore, there are serious questions about whether Professor Bhullar’s trial was in accordance with the requirements of international law”, Schonveld added. “His conviction and death sentence are based solely upon an alleged confession he made in police custody, which he later retracted, claiming it was extracted under torture.

India: Execution of Karnatka duo stayed by SCI; Prof. Bhullar’s case is pending with MHA

New Delhi, India (August 22, 2013): As per recent reports the execution of death sentence of Shivu and Jadeswamey of Karnatka has been stayed by the Supreme Court of India on August 21, 2013. They were scheduled to be executed on August 22.

Sikh political prisoner Prof. Bhullar, Two Others face imminent execution in India; Amnesty India issues Urgent Action Appeal

New Delhi, India (August 20, 2013): According to a statement sent to Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) by Amnesty India's media officer: [o]n 14 August, India ’s Supreme Court upheld its rejection of Devender Pal Singh Bhullar’s commutation plea. He is now at risk of imminent execution. The mercy petitions of two other men were also rejected by the President in August, and reports suggest they could be executed on 22 August.

BC Sikh Societies & Organizations Condemn the Rejection of Professor Devender Pal Singh’s Plea

Vancouver, BC - On Wednesday August 14, 2013 several Gurdwara Societies and Sikh Organizations gathered to collectively condemn the rejection of Professor Devender Pal Singh’s plea and against the upholding of the illegal death sentencing given to him. Professor Bhullar’s 18 year-long case has accumulated to two decades of illegal detainment (including 10 years of solitary confinement), physical torture, arbitrary evidence, no witnesses, one supreme court judge’s acquittal of the case, while two others sentenced death based solely on a court retracted confessional statement, a fragmented and fumbling procession of court procedures and today, the sentencing of a man that has been tortured to the point of mental unsoundness and ill physical health.

BHRC Open Letter to President of India (& others) on Prof. Bhullar death penalty

London, England (August 10, 2013): Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) has accessed an open letter by Kirsty Brimelow QC, Chairwoman, Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), to the President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, the Indian Home Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, and the President of the Indian National Congress party, Mrs Sonia Gandhi in the matter of the immediate risk of execution of Professor Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar on June 05, 2013.

EDM against death penalty of Prof. Bhullar tabled in UK Parliament

London, United Kingdom (July 04, 2013): As per information available with Sikh Siaysat News (SSN) there has been fresh efforts in the UK Parliament against the death penalty of Professor Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, who faces thread of execution in India.

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