Kasab hanged what about others14, Dear Mr President,

To, 

1) The Hon'ble President of India,

New Delhi.

Sub : Kasab hanged what about others14, Dear Mr President,

 

Dear Mr President,

Finally one more Dangerous than Dengue fame Ajamal Kasab's name deleted from India’s list of pending mercy petitions. He was the only gunman who didn’t die during the 2008 attacks on Mumbai on 26 Nov.There are more Kasab's who's mercy petition till pending at President of India or Ministry of Home.The plea, which the president of India will review, might not trigger the debate that India needs to have about how long it takes to answer these pleas. The trouble is, it’s not complicated enough.

We urge to set up a fast track policy for disposal of such mercy petition, The Govt till not decide nor give simply single reply on my 29 Aug 2012 open letter to Prime Minister of India.The attacks scarred India and altered its dynamics with neighbour and perpetual sparring partner Pakistan. India maintains that the Mumbai attacks were carried out with assistance from Pakistani ‘state actors’.

Mercy petitions are more trouble in cases such as Afzal Guru and Balwant Singh Rajoana like 14.Sources said the Home Ministry had submitted Afzal Guru's case to the President's Secretarial for a decision on July 27, 2011 with the recommendation that the clemency petition should be rejected.Guru was convicted of conspiracy in December 13, 2001 Parliament attack and the order to sentence him to death was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2004. The sentence was scheduled to be carried out on October 20, 2006.Guru's execution was, however, stayed following a mercy petition filed by his wife. He remains on death row since then. Guru was convicted for his role in an attack on the Indian parliament in 2001, and sentenced to death in 2005. The president received his mercy plea in 2011. The government has been dithering over his petition, and Guru’s case could inflame passions in an already uneasy Kashmir. Perhaps the way to get politicians to think less about their interests and more about the nation’s interests is to amend the Indian Constitution. That way you can say that you’re just upholding the law of the land.Article 72, which allows India’s president to pardon people on death row, is vague.

Set a time during which convicts can file mercy petitions to the government. Maybe 1 month from the date of conviction. Make the Home Ministry adhere to a time limit to send recommendations to the president. Give the president a deadline too so convicts do not languish in jail.Anyone can file mercy petitions on behalf of convicts. Specify, at least to some extent, who is (or isn’t) eligible to file. Draw up guidelines. In short, be specific aout the process, but not so much so that there is no room for exceptional circumstances. Now it’s the time of tough decisions and reforms.

Yours Faithfully,

Anil Galgali

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