The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear the plea of convict Vinay Sharma in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The hearing is scheduled to take place at 10:30 am. The bench of Justice R Banumathi will hear the case.
Nirbhaya's parents and the Delhi govt had moved the court seeking fresh death warrants for the convicts after the Supreme Court granted liberty to the authorities to approach the trial court for issuance of fresh date for the execution of these convi
Nirbhaya's mother broke down in court during hearing of her petition to issue fresh death warrant against the convicts.
Supreme Court (SC) to hear petition challenging Delhi HC's order to hang Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts separately.
A Delhi court Friday dismissed Tihar jail authorities' plea seeking fresh date for execution of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana took note of the Delhi High Court's February 5 order permitting the convicts to exercise their legal remedies within one week.
Nirbhaya's Mother Asha Devi, welcomed the Delhi High Court's decision to dismiss the Centre's plea challenging trial court order which had stayed the execution of all 4 convicts. Court said death warrant against all 4 convicts can't be executed separately. "I welcome Delhi High Court's verdict.
The Delhi High Court Wednesday said all convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case have to be executed together, and not separately. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait directed convicts to file any application which they want within one week after which authorities should act.
Nirbhaya case: On January 31, the trial court had stayed the execution as the counsel for three convicts -- Pawan, Vinay and Akshay -- urged it to adjourn the matter "sine die" saying their legal remedies were yet to be exhausted.
The Delhi High Court will, on Wednesday, pronounce verdict over the plea filed by the Centre challenging a sessions court's order which stayed the death warrants issued against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
The four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case on Sunday contended in the Delhi High Court that since they were sentenced to death by a common order, they have to be executed together and cannot be "singled out".
Advocate AP Singh appearing for 2012 Delhi gang-rape case convicts (Pawan, Akshay and Vinay) in Delhi HC said: "There is no prescribed time given to execute the death sentence by the Supreme Court and Constitution."
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday rejected the mercy plea filed by Vinay Sharma, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.
A Delhi court on Friday stayed the February 1 execution of convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. According to the order, the execution cannot take place till the next court order.
On Friday, a Delhi court stayed the execution of Nirbhaya convicts "till further orders." Convicts Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31) were scheduled to be hanged on February 1 at 6 am.
Delhi's Patiala House court on Friday stayed the execution of Nirbhaya rapists till further orders. The execution was earlier scheduled for 6 AM on Saturday (Feb 1).
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the juvenility plea of Pawan, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.
Nirbhaya case hanging: Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts has yet again been postponed, nevertheless, hangman Pawan Jallad performed a dummy execution even a day before February 1 (earlier date for execution). In India, jails follow a specific protocol, a hanging procedure at the time of executions. Here's how Nirbhaya's convicts will be treated until hanged.
Two days ahead of Nirbhaya's gangrape convicts' scheduled execution, Pawan Jallad, the hangman from Meerut Prison, reported to Tihar Jail on Thursday. Jail officials said that Pawan Jallad will be staying at Tihar Jail to check the strength of the rope and other things on Friday (January 31, 2019). The four convicts in the gruesome gangrape-and-murder case are scheduled to be hanged on February 1
A Delhi court on Thursday sought a status report from Tihar Jail authorities about the application filed by the Nirbhaya convict's lawyer seeking stay on the death sentence in view of the pendency of mercy plea of Vinay Sharma.
Supreme Court dismissed curative petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in Nirbhaya gangrape case on January 30.
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