On 20 January, Supreme Court had said there was no ground to interfere with the Delhi HC order that rejected Pawan Gupta’s plea that he was juvenile at the time of crime.
Convict Vinay can’t be executed as his mercy plea is with President, while 2 haven’t filed theirs. But Mukesh has exhausted his options, and could be hanged.
Mukesh Kumar, on death row for the 16 December gangrape and murder, had sent a mercy petition to President Ram Nath Kovind, who dismissed it on 17 January.
Those clamouring for immediate hanging forget that it's not just the prisoners on death row who can file a mercy plea – anyone can do so on their behalf.
There’s a host of legal options 16 December gang-rape convicts can use to get off death row. ThePrint tells you why hanging won’t take place on 22 January.
The petition, filed in Delhi court, seeks to meet with the convicts to motivate them to donate their organs after their death sentence is carried out later this month.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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