SC reserves judgment on plea by Nirbhaya case convict
Have filed an RTI request, says Vinay’s lawyer
14/02/2020, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on a plea by the Nirbhaya case convict, Vinay Sharma, against the rejection of his mercy petition.
Sharma’s lawyer, A. P. Singh, argued that the rejection of the mercy plea amounted to a gross miscarriage of justice. The file sent to the President did not have the signatures of the Home Minister and the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi. Mr. Singh said he had filed an RTI request, to which Justice Ashok Bhushan replied that the court’s jurisdiction while hearing a challenge against the President’s rejection is limited.
“You cannot argue here like how you are arguing a first appeal,” he observed.
Have filed an RTI request, says Vinay’s lawyer
14/02/2020, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on a plea by the Nirbhaya case convict, Vinay Sharma, against the rejection of his mercy petition.
Sharma’s lawyer, A. P. Singh, argued that the rejection of the mercy plea amounted to a gross miscarriage of justice. The file sent to the President did not have the signatures of the Home Minister and the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi. Mr. Singh said he had filed an RTI request, to which Justice Ashok Bhushan replied that the court’s jurisdiction while hearing a challenge against the President’s rejection is limited.
“You cannot argue here like how you are arguing a first appeal,” he observed.
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