Nirbhaya case convicts News
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The plea was mentioned before the registry officials who put it up before the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court who marked it to the bench comprising Justice Manmohan and Justice Sanjeev Narula.
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The Supreme Court also refused to entertain Mukesh Singh's plea challenging Delhi High Court order which rejected his claim that he was not in the city when at the time of crime on December 16, 2012.
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The HC said if Mukesh was tortured in jail, he had ample opportunities to raise the issue, especially when he met his relatives and this argument was being taken at this stage "only to delay the proceedings".
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The Court will hear on Thursday plea seeking a stay on the execution of the death penalty of the convicts.
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Supreme Court, however, today rejected the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, paving the way for convicts' hanging on March 20.
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Pawan Gupta is the fourth convict in the case to file a curative petition in the apex court.
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The Supreme Court on Monday (March 2) will hear the curative petition of one of death row convicts in Nirbhaya case, Pawan Gupta, who approached the top court on Sunday seeking a direction that his plea should be heard in an open court. The convict`s lawyer AP Singh submitted this plea as the matter is related to the death penalty.
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In Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Supreme Court on Thursday (February 13) appointed senior advocate Anjana Prakash to represent one of the four death row convicts as he was unrepresented after dropping his earlier lawyer. The top court also reserved its order on the issue of rejection of mercy petition of Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the convicts in the case.
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing on behalf of the Centre, told the Delhi High Court that the convicts were working in tandem to delay hanging.
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Mukesh approached the top court on Monday seeking urgent hearing on his plea against the dismissal of his mercy petition by the President.
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A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde and comprising Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant said, "If somebody is going to be hanged, then nothing can be more urgent than this."
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At a recent press conference, Kangana Ranaut was quizzed on the punishment given to the Nirbhaya rapists.
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A letter sent by Registrar General, Delhi High Court, to the District Judge, Patiala House Courts said that Arora would be initially joining on deputation for a year.
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The hanging of all the four convicts will take place at the same time in Delhi's Tihar jail.
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A curative petition is the last legal recourse available to a convict and it is generally considered in-chamber.
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Delhi High Court on Thursday (December 19) has disposed of the Nirbhaya convict Pawan Kumar's plea that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence on December 16, 2012.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday also rejected the review petition filed by Akshay Singh Thakur, one of the death-row convicts in the case.
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Supreme Court's three judges bench on Wednesday (December 18) will hear review plea of a death-row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case, as Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the petition on personal grounds.
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Patiala House court in Delhi has issued notices to all four convicts and their counsels on petition filed by Nirbhaya's parents seeking to expedite the execution process of the Nirbhaya case convicts.
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The hangman of Meerut jail, Pawan, on Thursday said that he is ready to hang Nirbhaya case convicts because they deserve death. Tihar authorities have sent a letter to the Uttar Pradesh prison authorities pointing out that some death row convicts in Tihar Jail have exhausted their legal and constitutional remedies.
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