[amazon_link asins=’8132117948,1629986682,8184004265,055217288X,0143418750,1782392327,9350295466′ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’wwwrtiwalain-21′ marketplace=’IN’ link_id=’e266dc79-988a-11e7-adc3-15aa0a58b9e1′]<\/p>\n \u00a0Another famous name who’s didn’t received any sort of mercy is Yakub Abdul Razak Memon<\/a><\/strong><\/span> alas Yakub Menon<\/strong><\/em><\/span> which was filed twice<\/strong><\/em> on 21.03.2013\u00a0then on 29.07.2015 as a fresh petition and got rejected on both the times and later on, he too hanged till death on 30th July 2005, at Nagpur.<\/p>\n During the Presidentship of\u00a0APJ Abdul Kalam<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span> (25 July 2002 till 25 July 2007), he left behind over two dozen mercy pleas<\/span><\/a>, having decided only two \u2014 rejecting the plea of rape-cum-murder convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee (2004) and commuting the death sentence of Kheraj Ram into life imprisonment (2006).<\/p>\n Whereas Former Diplomat turned President, Sri Kocheril Raman Narayanan<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em> in his tenure\u00a0was tardier and failed to decide a single mercy petition during his 1997-2002 term.<\/p>\n Also Read:\u00a0What is AIPC or Professionals\u2019 Congress?<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n According to information released by the government under the RTI Act<\/a>, of the 77 mercy pleas decided by Presidents between 1991 and 2010, 69 were rejected. Only 8 \u2014 about 10% \u2014 of those who sought mercy were spared the gallows. R Venkataraman (1987-1992) rejected 44 mercy pleas, the most by any President.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a>According to 72 of the Constitution of India, the President can grant pardon, and suspend, remit or commute a sentence of death. However, the President does not exercise this power on his own \u2014 he has to act on the advice of the Council of Ministers. Mostly on the opinion of Prime Minister, Home Minister and Raksha Mantri.<\/p>\n
Famous Mercy Petitions rejected so far!<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Some mercy petitions are of famous Terrorist(s) like Md. Ajmal<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nKasab\u00a0<\/strong>which was filled on\u00a029.08.2012 and rejected by our Prez on 05.11.2012 and then he was hanged till death on\u00a021 November 2012 at Yervada jail of Pune.<\/p>\nHow many petitions rejected by other Presidents?<\/h3>\n
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