The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear tomorrow, plea filed by Centre, government of NCT Delhi against yesterday's decision of the Delhi High Court holding that the four death row convicts cannot be hanged separately.
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".
Suggesting a resort to avoid further delay in the execution of 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape convicts, the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the four convicts can be hanged separately as they are misusing the legal process
Akshay Thakur, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, on Saturday filed a mercy plea, jail officials said.
Pawan Gupta, a convict in the case, has filed a review petition before the Supreme Court challenging top court's earlier order of dismissal of his Juvenile plea.
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.
2012 Nirbhaya Case: Lawyer of the convicts, AP Singh on Thursday moved a plea in Delhi's Patiala House Court seeking a stay on the date of the execution of the convicts, which is scheduled for February 1.
Vinay Sharma, one of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convict has filed a mercy petition before President of India on Wednesday for the commutation of his capital punishment to a life sentence.
Nirbhaya case: Tihar jail authorities have yet again performed the dummy execution in order to test the equipment which will be used to hang the convicts, jail officials said.
A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on a plea filed by the father of one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, challenging the court's order by which it had dismissed his complaint questioning the credibility of the sole witness in the case.
After Kangana Ranaut comments on public hanging to Nirbhaya's rapists, Simi Garewal comes to her support.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising urged Nirbhaya's mother to pardon the four men convicted for the 2012 gang rape of her daughter. In response to her tweet, Asha Devi questioned the senior advocate that why she wants to save the convicts when the whole nation is demanding thier execution.
One of the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved the Supreme Court Friday challenging the Delhi High Court's order dismissing his claim of being a juvenile at the time of commission of offence in December 2012.
Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Friday expressed her displeasure and vented her anger and frustration as she told media that she was fed up with delaying tactics.
The controversy around Nirbhaya’s mother joining Congress may further dent the party’s public perception ahead of the February 8 vote. Already, the party figures nowhere among the preferred choice of Delhi voters
A Delhi court today issued fresh death warrants for all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case. The court quashed the earlier death warrant scheduled for January 22. According to the new death warrant, the four convicts -- Mukesh, Pawan, Akshay, Vinay -- will be hanged on February 1 at 6 am.
Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother, has denied reports of her joining politics. "I have no interest in politics and have not spoken to anyone in Congress party. I only want justice for my daughter and the execution of the convicts."
After observing little progress on setting up monitoring centres by states for implementation of vehicle tracking system, the Centre has stepped in to ensure effective implementation of the project under the Nirbhaya Framework with an assistance of Rs 332 crore.
President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy plea filed by convicts in Nirbhaya rape case. Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, had filed the mercy petition a few days ago.
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