Graham Staines murder case: SC asks Odisha to take decision on convict Dara Singh's remission plea
India, Aug. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Odisha Government for not taking a decision on the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in 1999. "You take a decision whatever you want to. Otherwise we will take our own. If you don't take a decision, we will," a bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi told the counsel appearing for the state. "We can't tolerate this avoiding taking a decision," the bench observed. It noted that the matter has been adjourned time and again to enable the authority to take a decision on the plea of remission of sentence given to Singh, who has been incarcerated f...
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