The court headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam spared the three killers from the gallows on the grounds that successive Indian presidents had taken 11 years in deciding on their pleas for mercy.
"We implore the government to render advice in a reasonable amount of time for taking a decision on mercy pleas," Sathasivam told the court in announcing the judgement.
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