India News: New Delhi: In a judgement that will lay precedence for others, the Supreme Court will on Friday decide whether a delay in deciding the mercy petitions of death row prisoners can be a ground for commuting their punishment to life in prison. br br According to reports, the apex court will pronounce its verdict while responding to a case filed by Punjab militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, who was convicted of killing nine people with a car bomb in Delhi in 1993.