(a) the details of mercy petitions filed under Article 72 and 161 of the Constitution by prisoners sentenced
to death during each of the last three years and the current year;
(b) the number of such petitions which have been examined/processed by the Government and forwarded for final
decisions during the above period indicating the date of forwarding of each of such petition, alongwith the
final disposal thereon, prisoner-wise;
(c) the number of such petitions which are still pending with the Government;
(d) the number of cases in which the Government has recommended for clemency/upholding of death sentence
and accepted;
(e) whether certain such petitions were returned to the Government during the above period;
(f) if so, the reasons thereof, petition-wise; and
(g) the number of such petitions pending for final decision during the above period?