Curative petition is the last legal remedy available to a person sentenced to death. Vinay Sharma and 3 others are scheduled to be executed at 7am on 22 January.
Four of the convicts now face the death penalty. One of them allegedly committed suicide in 2013 while another, a minor during the crime, was released in 2015.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made the statement in the Supreme Court Wednesday, while seeking dismissal of the review plea filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape & murder case.
CJI Bobde said one of his relatives had earlier appeared on behalf of the victim's mother in the case, and so it would be appropriate for another bench to hear the review plea.
Pawan Jallad, a third-generation hangman based in Meerut, has volunteered to conduct the execution of the Nirbhaya rapists if asked by the jail administration.
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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