SC defers Beant Singh assassination convict Hawara's jail transfer plea after IB warns of impact on Punjab polls

Chandigarh, Nov 3 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred until February 2027 the hearing on a plea by Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted in the 1995 assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, seeking transfer from Delhi's Tihar Jail to a prison in Punjab after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) warned that the move could have serious implications for the state's upcoming assembly elections. A bench comprising Justices M.M. Sundresh and P.B. Varale took note of a confidential IB report describing Hawara as a high-risk prisoner and expressing apprehensions that his transfer could affect law and order and the political…