Vrinda Grover Among 203 Signatories of Mercy Petition Seeking Commutation of Ajmal Kasab’s Death Sentence
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New Delhi , October 15: Human rights lawyer Vrinda Grover, who is now handling legal affairs for CJP, was among 203 Indian citizens who signed a mercy petition in October 2012 seeking the commutation of the death sentence awarded to 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab to life imprisonment. Kasab was convicted for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, which claimed 166 lives.
The petition was initiated by Mumbai-based advocate Yug Mohit Chaudhry and was signed by prominent lawyers, academics, journalists, writers and activists. Other signatories included senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, author Mahasweta Devi and actress Nandita Das.
The petition did not seek Kasab’s acquittal or justify the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Instead, it called for his death sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment, citing opposition to capital punishment on constitutional and principled grounds.
Human rights lawyer Vrinda Grover, who is now handling legal affairs for CJP, was among those who signed the mercy petition for 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab.
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Kasab was the lone surviving terrorist captured during the 26/11 attacks, in which 166 people were killed and several others injured. He was convicted for his role in the attacks and sentenced to death by a special court in 2010. The Bombay High Court upheld the sentence, and the Supreme Court subsequently confirmed it in 2012.
Then-President Pranab Mukherjee rejected Kasab’s mercy petition in November 2012. Following the rejection, Kasab was executed by hanging at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune on November 21, 2012.