Won't tolerate delay in Dara's remission: SC
New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Odisha government that it will not tolerate any further delay in dealing with the remission plea of Graham Staines' murder convict Dara Singh observing that if the Sentence Review Board (SRB) fails to take a decision in two weeks, the court will take a call. Posting the petition filed by Singh to September 2, a bench of justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi said, "We cannot tolerate this that the SRB is avoiding taking a decision. Has the Board taken a decision either way you must tell us or we will take our own decision."
The state, represented by advocate PV Yogeswaran, told the court that the SRB , based on a letter from the Directorate of Prison. is waiting for a report from the District Jail, Keonjhar, where Singh is lodged.
The bench said, "We are not concerned to know which authority you are communicating with. You take a decision either way but don't dodge these proceedings by showing us a letter."...
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