Nirbhaya Case

Nirbhaya case: With hours left for hanging, Pawan Gupta files mercy pleaIndia

Nirbhaya case: With hours left for hanging, Pawan Gupta files mercy plea

<p>Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape-and-murder case, on Monday filed a mercy plea with President Ram Nath Kovind. The move came after a five-justice Supreme Court bench rejected his curative petition earlier on Monday. Pawan Gupta’s advocate, A.P. Singh, told a court in the Patiala House Court […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Nirbhaya Case: SC dismisses Vinay Sharma’s plea challenging rejection of mercy petitionIndia

Nirbhaya Case: SC dismisses Vinay Sharma’s plea challenging rejection of mercy petition

<p>The Supreme Court Friday dismissed Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case convict Vinay Sharma’s plea challenging rejection of his mercy petition by the President alleging that it was done in a “mala fide” manner. A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna said no ground of judicial review of rejection of […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Nirbhaya Case: SC defers hearing on Centre’s plea for separate executionIndia

Nirbhaya Case: SC defers hearing on Centre’s plea for separate execution

<p>The Supreme Court deferred the hearing on Centre’s plea seeking separate execution of four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case to Friday and asked the convicts to file their counter replies by then. A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna appointed senior advocate Anjana Prakash as amicus […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Nirbhaya case: SC to hear Centre’s plea for separate hanging on Feb 11India

Nirbhaya case: SC to hear Centre’s plea for separate hanging on Feb 11

<p>The Supreme Court on Friday posted for hearing the Central government’s appeal seeking separate hanging of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape-and-murder case for 2:00pm on February 11. The Centre had appealed in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s order that dismissed its plea against the stay on execution of the four convicts […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Delhi HC to pronounce order on Centre’s plea challenging stay on execution of 2012 gangrape convicts todayIndia

Delhi HC to pronounce order on Centre’s plea challenging stay on execution of 2012 gangrape convicts today

<p>The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday pronounce order on the Centre’s plea challenging stay on execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait had on 2 February reserved order on the Centre’s plea after holding special hearing on Saturday and Sunday. The Centre and […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
One Nirbhaya convict’s mercy plea pending, others can be hanged tomorrow, Tihar officials saidIndia

One Nirbhaya convict’s mercy plea pending, others can be hanged tomorrow, Tihar officials said

<p>Tihar jail authorities on Friday challenged before a Delhi court the maintainability of the application filed by three death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, seeking stay of their execution on February 1. Opposing the plea, the prison authorities told Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana that the mercy plea of only one […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
SC dismisses Nirbhaya convict Akshay Thakur’s curative petitionIndia

SC dismisses Nirbhaya convict Akshay Thakur’s curative petition

<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon dismissed the curative petition filed by Nirbhaya case convict Akshay Thakur on Thursday. The hearing was conducted by a bench comprising six judges. Headed by Justice NV Ramana, the bench heard the curative petition filed by one of the four convicts. The curative petition was Akshay’s last legal resort […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
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