NEW DELHI: Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will start examining mercy petition files, sent back to the MHA recently by the President, after the winter session of Parliament concludes on December 20.
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's file is among the seven files returned by President Pranab Mukherjee to the home ministry. Mukherjee has asked Shinde, who took charge of the home ministry on August 1, to take a relook at the MHA opinion tendered on these petitions during his predecessor P Chidambaram's tenure.
At a press conference here to present the MHA's report card for November, Shinde also said on Monday that no request had been received from either the family of Ajmal Kasab, the 26/11 convict who was hanged on November 21, or the government of Pakistan for his body.
To a question on the status of mercy plea of Guru, Shinde said a decision to reject his clemency application was taken earlier.
"(Subsequently) The file was sent to the President for consideration. But the President sent back to me seven cases (including Guru). When Parliament session is over, I will look into it. I can't tell you the date," he said.
"As soon as the file comes to me, I will not take much time," Shinde.
Guru was sentenced to death for the 2001 Parliament attack in which nine people, including security force personnel, were killed and another 16 were injured.
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