SC stays execution of 1993 Delhi blast convict Bhullar

January 31, 2014 10:58

The Supreme Court on Friday hear stayed the execution of 1993 Delhi blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar

After considering the curative plea in a chamber hearing on January 28, the apex court bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice RM Lodha, Justice HL Dattu and Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya on January 28 held hearing on Bhullar's plea in open court today.

Chief Justice Sathasivam had on January 24 directed the hearing of Bhullar's plea on January 28 after senior counsel KTS Tulsi told the court the curative petition was pending since September 2013.

Tulsi had told the court the April 12, 2013 judgement of declining to commute Bhullar's death sentence to life imprisonment on the ground that he was convicted under the terror law has become per incuriem in the light of three judges' verdict.

Bhullar was given capital punishment for the September 11, 1993 blast at the Youth Congress (YC) office on Raisina Road, New Delhi, a stone's throw from Parliament House, which left nine dead. The attack was targeted against then YC leader Maninderjeet Singh Bitta.

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