The Supreme Court today stayed the execution of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar and agreed to review its previous judgement on commutation of his death sentence to life term. In its earlier judgement, the apex court had rejected the 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict's plea to commute his death sentence to life term. A four-judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam issued notice to the Centre and Delhi government on a curative petition filed by Bhullar's wife Navneet Kaur.

The bench also directed the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), where Bhullar is being treated, to file a medical report within a week on the condition of the death convict who is alleged to be suffering from a mental illness. The court said that it would examine whether its judgement pertaining to commutation of death sentence to life term on the ground of delay in deciding the mercy plea, is applicable or not in this case.

Bhullar was convicted and awarded death penalty for triggering a bomb blast in New Delhi in September 1993, which killed nine persons and injured 25 others, including then Youth Congress president M S Bitta.