Overview
- Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi declined to entertain the plea and the matter was dismissed as withdrawn.
- Additional Solicitor General K.M. Nataraj said the Union will act immediately once Karnataka, the prosecuting state, sends its view.
- Defense counsel argued the 87-year-old has spent over 31 years in prison without a day of parole and is extremely ill.
- In 2008, a three-judge Supreme Court bench commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment with a direction of no release for the rest of his life.
- Courts have repeatedly rejected his review and parole bids, including a 2014 petition tied to a docuseries and a parole plea dismissed in September 2024.