India.com News Desk | Jan 17, 2020, 11:28 PM IST
The new death warrants are dated to exactly 14 days from today, in accordance with a law that states convicts to be executed must have a reprieve from the time their mercy plea is turned down.
India.com News Desk | Jan 17, 2020, 8:01 PM IST
"Everyone wants that the convicts should be punished soon. This is not the time to do politics. Both Centre and state govt should try to make sure that all processes are completed and the convicts are hanged at the earliest," Kejriwal said.
India.com News Desk | Jan 17, 2020, 1:32 PM IST
"What do we have in our hand? Neither we have the police, nor the law and order in our hand. The government had nothing to do in this case apart from passing files," the CM said.
India.com News Desk | Jan 17, 2020, 12:18 PM IST
On Thursday, the Delhi government rejected the plea and forwarded it to the MHA. According to reports, MHA forwarded it to President on Thursday night.
India.com News Desk | Jan 17, 2020, 10:48 AM IST
"I never talk about politics," Asha Devi said, adding, "But now I want to tell that the same people who took out rallies in 2012 are now playing politics for their own benefits."
India.com News Desk | Jan 16, 2020, 2:09 PM IST
Why did the Delhi government not give notice to the convicts for filing mercy plea in the last two-and-a-half years? Union minister Prakash Javadekar has asked.
India.com News Desk | Jan 15, 2020, 2:02 PM IST
As Delhi HC is hearing Mukesh's mercy plea, the Tihar Jail authorities said it's not possible to execute them on January 22 as it can take place 14 days after a mercy plea is rejected.
India.com News Desk | Jan 15, 2020, 8:55 AM IST
According to reports, the convicts will be allowed to talk to their family members for a comparatively longer time as they would have to prepare a will in the presence of the jail superintendent. Their money, earned from prison work, will also be handed over to their family members.
India.com News Desk | Jan 9, 2020, 11:57 AM IST
This comes two days after a Delhi court issued a death warrant against all the four convicts, and said they will be executed on January 22 at 7 am at Delhi's Tihar jail.
India.com News Desk | Jan 8, 2020, 1:27 PM IST
The dummy execution will be conducted in Jail 3, the place where the Nirbhaya convicts will be executed on January 22.
India.com News Desk | Dec 19, 2019, 11:49 AM IST
This comes just a day after a Supreme Court bench ruled that Akshay Kumar, another convict who had filed a review petition, can file a mercy petition. Soon after this order, another Delhi court said that death warrants against the four convicts can't be issued immediately as there are chances that Akshay Kumar would file a mercy petition. These unexpected developments stymied the progress of the case and soon after this Pawan Kumar Gupta approached the Delhi High Court.
India.com News Desk | Dec 18, 2019, 4:07 PM IST
The trial court set a deadline of one week for the convicts to file mercy plea, and directed Delhi's Tihar Jail authorities to issue a notice to all four and apprise them of their legal remedies.
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