Questioning the alleged delay in deciding the mercy plea of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death in the former Punjab CM Beant Singh assassination case, the Supreme Court Wednesday wondered what has stopped the government from executing him.

“Why didn’t you hang him till now? Who is to blame for that? At least we have not stayed his execution we suppose,” Justice Sandeep Mehta who was part of a three-judge bench hearing Rajaona’s plea for commuting his death sentence asked Additional Solicitor General K M Nataraj, who appeared for the Centre.

Agreeing to Nataraj’s request for time to take instructions, the bench presided by Justice Vikram Nath and also comprising Justice N V Anjaria fixed it for hearing next on October 15, and clarified that it will not be ad

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