A Delhi court judge who issued death warrants for all four convicts in Nirbhaya case has been transferred to the Supreme court registry. Judge Satish Arora has been appointed as additional registrar in the Supreme Court on a deputation for a year. Judge Arora had first issued death warrants for all four convicts on January 7, ordering their execution on January 22 at 7 am. However, one of the convicts - Mukesh Singh - moved the Supreme Court, filed mercy plea and then again moved the High Court against the death warrant, delaying the execution. Fresh death warrants have been issued for the execution on February 1 at 6 am.

Source: dna January 23, 2020 18:00 UTC