Pawan Gupta is the only one out of the four convicts, who has not exhausted his legal remedies of filing a curative petition and subsequent mercy plea with the President.
Akshay Kumar Singh is the third convict in the December 2012 gangrape case to file a curative petition. All four of the convicts are set to be hanged on 1 February at 6 am.
Convicts Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Singh have moved court alleging that Tihar authorities are yet to release the documents required to file curative petitions.
A Delhi court has ordered to hang Vinay and Mukesh Singh, along with two other convicts Akshay Kumar Singh and Pawan Kumar, in Tihar jail on 22 January.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
The curative plea and the review of mercy petition are “creations” of the court with no backing in the law. These fabrications have been hoisted upon us by a self appointed judiciary that has destroyed any consistency and accountability of the legal system.
The curative plea and the review of mercy petition are “creations” of the court with no backing in the law. These fabrications have been hoisted upon us by a self appointed judiciary that has destroyed any consistency and accountability of the legal system.