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Supreme Court of India 2020-03-19 dismissed

Mukesh vs State of NCT of Delhi

Bench: 3 — 3

In Brief

The petitioner sought to challenge the rejection of his mercy petition through a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution. The petitioner had previously filed a criminal revision petition in the lower courts, which was dismissed, and the High Court also dismissed a subsequent criminal revision petition challenging that rejection. The Supreme Court held that a writ petition under Article 32 is not the appropriate remedy after other legal remedies have been exhausted. Accordingly, the writ petition was dismissed.

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