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2012 Delhi Gang Rape: Hearing begins in Supreme Court on petition by Union govt on the legal question of separate hanging of convicts in the same case. ML Sharma appearing for Mukesh says he wants to file an interim application.
Bench asks what the IA is about?
Bench asks what the IA is about?
#DelhiGangRape: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta says IA is about previous lawyer Vrinda Grover not doing her job properly. It is a frivolous and vexatious IA.
She did the best possible job in the case, says SG Mehta.
She did the best possible job in the case, says SG Mehta.
#DelhiGangRape: SG Tushar Mehta says High Court had given a week's deadline to exhaust all remedies.
If the convict does not adhere to the deadline, can trial court extend the hanging on the ground that remedies have not been exhausted. It will go against HC order, says Mehta.
If the convict does not adhere to the deadline, can trial court extend the hanging on the ground that remedies have not been exhausted. It will go against HC order, says Mehta.
#DelhiGangRape: Hearing begins in Supreme Court on plea by centre seeking separate exeuction of the convicts.
#DelhiGangRape: Now that no mercy petition is pending, you can seek issuance of fresh death warrant, Justice Ashok Bhushan to Centre.
#DelhiGangRape: Centre points out rules mandating simultaneous execution and that one of the convicts has not filed mercy petition.
"But that is only if any mercy petition is pending. You cannot compel someone to file mercy petition", Bench responds.
"But that is only if any mercy petition is pending. You cannot compel someone to file mercy petition", Bench responds.
2012 Delhi Gang Rape: Hearing commences before Supreme Court in central and delhi govt plea seeking separate hanging of convicts.
Pawan Gupta is yet to file his curative or mercy petition. Calculated design by convicts to delay hanging and then seek commutation of death penalty on the ground of delay in hanging as laid down in Shatrughan Chauhan judgment, submits SG Tushar Mehta.
#DelhiGangRape: Pawan Gupta can sit tight for 5 years without filing mercy plea and then all four can come to court seeking commutation due to delay in hanging as laid down in Shatrughan Chauhan judgment, SG submits.
#DelhiGangRape: SC says all relevant documents of the case were sent to the Delhi govt to President.
President took all relevant records into account before dismissing mercy plea.
President took all relevant records into account before dismissing mercy plea.
#DelhiGangRape: Sufferings in the prison cannot be ground for challenging mercy powers exercised by President, holds SC.
#DelhiGangRape: Plea by Mukesh challenging rejection of mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind dismissed by Supreme Court.
2012 Delhi gang rape: Petition in SC by one of the accused Mukesh challenging rejection of his mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind will be heard shortly by a 3-judge bench. @htTweets
#DelhiGangRape: Bench assembles, hearing commences.
#DelhiGangRape2012: Arguments being made by Sr Counsel Anjana Prakash on scope of powers or President to commute death sentence to life imprisonment under Article 72 of Constitution. She submits that the manner in which the power is exercised can be subject to judicial review.
