SC defers hearing in Nirbhaya case
Separate execution of convicts sought
26/02/2020, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred to March 5 the hearing of an appeal filed by the Centre for permission to separately execute the death sentence of the four Nirbhaya case convicts.
A three-judge Bench led by Justice R. Banumathi was informed at the beginning of the session that the trial court had fixed the execution of the four convicts for March 3 at 6 a.m.
The court decided to watch the unfolding of events over the next few days rather than start hearing arguments on the legality of executing convicts separately before the legal and administrative remedies available to their co-convicts are exhausted.
If the four convicts are indeed executed on March 3, the appeal would become infructuous on March 5, the court reasoned.
End of legal remedies
Except for Pawan Gupta, the other three Nirbhaya convicts — Vinay, Mukesh and Akshay — seem to have come to the road’s end of legal and administrative remedies available to them.
Pawan is yet to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court. He has also not filed a plea for clemency with the President. Earlier Solicitor General Tushar Mehra had highlighted how the convicts were trying the patience of the nation.
Separate execution of convicts sought
26/02/2020, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred to March 5 the hearing of an appeal filed by the Centre for permission to separately execute the death sentence of the four Nirbhaya case convicts.
A three-judge Bench led by Justice R. Banumathi was informed at the beginning of the session that the trial court had fixed the execution of the four convicts for March 3 at 6 a.m.
The court decided to watch the unfolding of events over the next few days rather than start hearing arguments on the legality of executing convicts separately before the legal and administrative remedies available to their co-convicts are exhausted.
If the four convicts are indeed executed on March 3, the appeal would become infructuous on March 5, the court reasoned.
End of legal remedies
Except for Pawan Gupta, the other three Nirbhaya convicts — Vinay, Mukesh and Akshay — seem to have come to the road’s end of legal and administrative remedies available to them.
Pawan is yet to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court. He has also not filed a plea for clemency with the President. Earlier Solicitor General Tushar Mehra had highlighted how the convicts were trying the patience of the nation.
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