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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a public interest litigation petition that challenged the “inordinate” delay in disposal of 22 mercy petitions of those awarded capital punishment, including that of Parliament attack case convict Mohd. Afzal Guru. The petitions are pending before the President. A Bench, comprising Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice R.V. Raveendran, asked counsel: “Have you got the consent of the 22 convicts for filing this petition?” When counsel replied in the negative, the Bench said: “Let them [convicts] come to the court.” When counsel persisted, the Bench asked: “Do you want a direction that they [22 convicts] should be hanged? Can this court give such a direction? We cannot interfere.” Petitioner C. P. Bhartiya, Editor of Hindi weekly Rashtriya Aakrosh, sought a direction to the Centre (which has to give its opinion to the President) to fix a time frame for disposal of the petitions.
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