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.
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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