Swamy Shraddananda’s mercy petition rejected | India News


Swamy Shraddananda’s mercy petition rejected

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by Swamy Shraddananda — who is undergoing imprisonment for rest of his natural life for killing his wife — seeking direction to govt to take an early decision on his mercy plea.A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi asked the petitioner to approach the Karnataka govt for his grievances. Advocate Varun Thakur, appearing for the petitioner, then withdrew the plea to approach the state govt.Shraddananda, 84, alias Murali Manohar Mishra, whose wife was the grand-daughter of a former ‘dewan’ of the princely state of Mysore, had sought a review of the July 2008 verdict of a three-judge SC bench.The apex court had last year refused to entertain a petition filed by Shraddananda, seeking a review of the verdict, which had directed he should remain in prison for the rest of his life.





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