The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred the hearing on Centre's petition seeking separate execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case as well as plea filed by death row convict Vinay Sharma challenging President's mercy petition rejection. On Tuesday, convict Vinay Sharma challenged the rejection of his mercy petition by the President in the Supreme Court. Gupta is the only person to have not filed a curative petition as well as the mercy plea against the death sentence. I appeal to the Supreme Court to issue the death warrant as the Patiala House Court is in no mood to issue a fresh death warrant," she said. Last week, a Delhi court dismissed Tihar jail authorities' plea seeking fresh date for execution of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.

Source: dna February 13, 2020 08:26 UTC