Supreme Court of India · 2017-07-07
VIKRAM SINGH @VICKY WALIA vs THE STATE OF PUNJAB
- Citation / case number
- SC 2011/5310
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- VIKRAM SINGH @VICKY WALIA
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF PUNJAB
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN
- Bench
- HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court, while considering the reopening of Review Petition (Crl.) Nos. 192-193 of 2011, held that under Article 137 of the Constitution of India, the court has the authority to review its judgments. The court noted that the review petitions were filed following the Constitution Bench judgment in Mohd. Arif alias Ashfaq, which allowed for the reopening of cases where death sentences were not executed despite review applications being rejected. The court condoned the delay in filing the petitions and allowed the parties to present their oral submissions.