A Delhi Court on Monday stays the execution of the four convicts in 2012 gangrape and murder case and defers the matter for further orders.
Akshay Thakur, one of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, on Saturday moved “complete” mercy petition, claiming that the petition filed by him earlier, and which was dismissed by President Ram Nath Kovind, was “incomplete”.
Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, on Friday filed a curative petition before the Supreme Court seeking to have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.Gupta is the fourth convict in the case to file a curative petition.
A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order on the application filed by one of the death row convicts, Vinay Sharma, in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, claiming insanity and seeking high-level medical treatment.
In a fresh twist to the Nirbhaya case, one of the four death row convicts — Pawan Gupta — whose legal remedies are still pending, refused to meet legal aid counsel Ravi Qazi in Tihar Jail.
Advocate AP Singh, lawyer of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, on Thursday said that he has filed a complaint before the Election Commission of India because the mercy petition Vinay Sharma was forwarded to the President at a time when Model Code of Conduct was in force in Delhi.
Asha Devi, the mother of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim, on Tuesday said that her struggle to get justice will end on March 3 when the convicts will be hanged as per the order by a Delhi court.
Asha Devi on Monday voiced hope that fresh death warrants would be issued against all four convicts by a Delhi court today.
Supreme Court judge Justice R Banumathi fainted in the courtroom on Friday while dictating the order on the Centre’ plea seeking separate hanging of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
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