The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any order on any plea for mercy to Balwant Singh Rajoana, awarded death penalty for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. A bench of justices comprising of T.S. Thakur and Gyan Sudha Misra said it cannot pass any direction as the convict has not filed any petition before it and the petitioner Abhinav Ramakrishna has no locus standi to plead on his behalf.
The Apex Court has also allowed an NGO named Lawyers for Human Rights International, to withdraw its petition filed with a similar plea.
The bench told Abhinav Ramakrishna, an advocate, that since the petition was filed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution , it cannot be entertained as there is no violation of fundamental rights of the petitioner.
In other words, the Court made it very clear by stating that Article 32 could be invoked only by a person whose fundamental right has been infringed.
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