The government told a bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal that the date fixed by the trial court for executing the convicts is now only “academic” as the rules further specify that 14 days’ time must be given to the condemned man to “make peace with God” once the President rejects mercy petition and all remedies under law are exhausted.

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