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A. N. SEN, Y. V. CHANDRACHUD
K. P. Mohammed – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Y. V. Chandrachud, CJI. - This case makes both a sorry and am aging reading. The petitioner was convicted under section 302 Indian Penal Code by the learned District and Sessions Judge, Manjeri, and was sentenced to death on 30-6-1977. The High Court having confirmed the order of conviction and sentence, the petitioner filed a special leave petition in this court which was dismissed on August 16, 1978. The petitioner then filed a mercy petition to the President of India on 8-10-1978 which has been pending for the last four and a half years. We adjourned this writ petition from time to time in the hope that, at least for the reason that the petitioner has once again approached this court, the Government of India will expedite its processes and dispose of the mercy petition early. After these abortive adjournments, we must confess that we are not at the end of our patience, it was on April 19, 1982 that we had issued a notice to the Government of India through its Ministry of Home Affairs. Not even as little as an affidavit has been filed before us, though almost a year has rolled by. On January 10, 1983, yet another order was passed by this court drawing the attention o
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