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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Balwant_Singh_RajoanaBalwant Singh Rajoana - Wikipedia

    Balwant Singh Rajoana was convicted for the assassination of Beant Singh (former Chief Minister of Punjab) on 31 August 1995. [1] [2] Rajoana was sentenced to death on 1 August 2007 by a special CBI court in Chandigarh.

  2. economictimes.indiatimes.com › news › indiaSC sends Balwant Singh Rajoana's mercy petition to President,...

    12 hours ago · The convict, Balwant Singh Rajoana, was sentenced to death for the murder of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh who died in a bomb explosion in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995. The Centre had decided on September 27, 2019, to commute the death penalty of Rajoana to a life sentence on the special occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. However, the decision is yet to be implemented.

  3. www.tribuneindia.com › news › punjabSC asks President's secretary to place Rajoana's mercy plea...

    12 hours ago · The Supreme Court on Monday directed the secretary to the President to place death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's mercy petition in the Beant Singh assassination case before her. If the ...

  4. www.verdictum.in › court-updates › supreme-court"He Is A Finished Person; At Least Let Him See What Is Outside...

    Nov 4, 2024 · The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing in a Writ Petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for the 1995 assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, seeking to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment.

  5. indianexpress.com › article › political-pulseA conundrum for BJP while Balwant Singh Rajoana’s mercy plea...

    Nov 8, 2024 · The Balwant Singh Rajoana case appears to be back to square one after 12 years. The Supreme Court earlier this week declined to give any interim relief to Rajoana who is on death row in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.

  6. timesofindia.indiatimes.com › toi-plus › lawHe killed a CM and 16 others in 1995. Will he manage to dodge...

    Nov 11, 2024 · Balwant Singh Rajoana was convicted for being a key conspirator in the killing of Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. His mercy petition has been pending for 12 years.

  7. www.hindustantimes.com › india-news › sc-to-reassess-rajoana-plea-forcommutationSC to reassess Rajoana plea forcommutation of death penalty

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to reassess a petition filed by Balwant Singh Rajoana seeking the commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.

  8. indianexpress.com › article › indiaBeant Singh Assassination case: Supreme Court refuses to commute...

    May 3, 2023 · The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the plea of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted for assassinating former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for the commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.

  9. indianexpress.com › article › explainedExplained: Who is Balwant Singh Rajoana, the convict in Beant ...

    Jan 25, 2021 · Who is Balwant Singh Rajoana? A resident of Rajoana Kalan village in Ludhiana district, Rajoana was a police constable who had joined the Punjab Police on October 1, 1987. Currently lodged in Patiala Central Jail, he was sympathetic to the views of Babbar Khalsa International.

  10. www.hindustantimes.com › india-news › balwant-singh-rajoana-supreme-court-deathSC declines to commute death penalty of Beant Singh's killer ...

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to commute the death penalty of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment. Rajoana, a convict...