Nirbhaya case: Delhi govt seeks fresh execution date for convicts

Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court rejected a petition seeking direction to NHRC to assess mental as well as physical health of the convicts

The Delhi government on Wednesday moved a city court seeking fresh dates for execution of the four Nirbhaya convicts. The government further informed the court that the convicts have exhausted all legal remedies and nothing survives now. 

Following Delhi govt's move, the court has issued notice to Nirbhaya case convicts on Delhi govt's plea for fresh date of execution and sought response by tomorrow.

This comes after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, a Home Ministry official said.