Supreme Court verdict on Devinderpal Singh Bhullar plea today

Supreme Court will on Friday deliver its much-awaited verdict on whether death sentence of a prisoner should be commuted to life term because of inordinate delay in executing him or her.

The Bench had reserved its order on April 19,2012,on a petition by the family of Khalistan Liberation Force terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar.

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The verdict is likely to have a bearing on several others pleas,including those of convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and four aides of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan.