Thread by @legaljournalist

#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.

#DelhiGangRape: If I get a fresh death warrant, then Pawan will file a mercy petition the next day and entire process will be stalled, says Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

#DelhiGangRape: "I (Centre) am not doing this for anybody's enjoyment. I am excuting the mandate of law and they are frustrating the mandate of law", submits SG Mehta.

#DelhiGangRape: "High Court wrongly brought in concept of simultaneous execution", SG Tushar Mehta.

#DelhiGangRape: People were celebrating when rape accused were shot dead in Hyderabad. It shows people are losing faith in our system.

In this case too, I am struggling to get a death warrant even after Your Lordships judgment, says SG Tushar Mehta.

#DelhiGangRape: SG Mehta says centrr will wait for Pawan to file mercy plea but asks court to pass order allowing exeuction of the three other convicts.

Supreme Court says it cannot do that without hearing the case.

#DelhiGangRape: They are playing with the judicial system, SG presses for separate execution but Supreme court makes it clear that it cannot be decided in one day.

#DelhiGangRape: Supreme Court issues notice to convicts, gives liberty to centre to approach trial court for fresh date for execution of death warrant.

Matter adjourned for day after tomorrow when court will consider question of simultaneous execution.