TIA //
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear UP government’s plea against commutation of death sentence of Surender Koli, convicted in 2006 Nithari serial killings case and issued a notice to Surender Koli.
The death sentence of Surender Koli was commuted to life imprisonment by the Allahabad high court on the ground of “inordinate delay” in deciding his mercy petition.
The Allahabad HC order came on a Public Interest Litigation filed by NGO People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) which contended that the period elapsed in disposal of Koli’s mercy petition was “3 years and 3 months”. It said after such a delay, execution of death sentence would be in violation of the Right to Life granted in Article 21 of the Constitution.