"Afzal Guru’s execution will remain the most callous death sentence carried out by the government of India," wrote Tehmtan Andhyarujina, senior advocate of the Supreme Court (SC) and former solicitor general of India in The Hindu on February 19, 2013.
Having been appointed amicus curiae by the SC "to consider the larger question of the execution of convicts after inordinate delay," in the course of his submissions Andhyarujina had referred in particular to the facts of the Guru case. The hearing was concluded on April 19, 2012, and judgment was reserved in the case, he mentions. As the government was......