SC sends Balwant Singh Rajoana's mercy petition to President, requests Droupadi Murmu to consider it in two weeks

The Supreme Court has asked the President of India to consider the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death for the 1995 assassination of Punjab CM Beant Singh, within two weeks. Rajoana's plea for release, pending for nearly three decades, will be considered after hearing the government's stance.