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.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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