Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana took note of the Delhi High Court's February 5 order permitting the convicts to exercise their legal remedies within one week
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait said that after the apex court dismissed in 2017 the appeals of the four convicts
The high court said all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case have to be executed together
Earlier in the day, the counsel for Nirbhaya's parents made an urgent mentioning before Justice Kait, seeking early disposal of Nirbhaya matter
Lawyers told HC that some of them cannot be singled out for execution and neither the Centre nor the Delhi govt has the power under the rules to do so
Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31) were scheduled to be hanged on February 1 at 6 am
The plea was mentioned before Special Judge A K Jain who said it will be heard later in the day
President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected the mercy petition of Mukesh on January 17
A Delhi court has issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will be executed on February 1 at 6 am.
The public prosecutor, appearing for the Delhi Police, told the court that Tihar jail authorities have supplied all the relevant documents sought by the lawyer of the death row convicts in the case
Pawan Kumar Gupta's plea will be heard by a bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and A S Bopanna
A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and A S Bopanna will hear the plea of Pawan Kumar Gupta.
Additional Sessions Judge was hearing a plea by one of the four death row convicts, Mukesh Kumar Singh, seeking postponement of the execution date scheduled for Jan 22
Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, had filed the mercy petition a few days ago
Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora passed the directions after jail authorities informed that they have written to the Delhi government on the issue of scheduled execution on January 22
A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said there is no error in trial court's January 7 order issuing death warrant against convict Mukesh Kumar Singh
The Supreme Court had on Tuesday dismissed the curative pleas of Mukesh and Vinay
A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana rejected the curative petitions filed by Vinay Sharma (26) and Mukesh Kumar (32)
Two other death-row convicts, Akshay and Pawan Gupta, against whom death warrants have been issued, have not filed curative petitions
In his curative plea, Vinay said his young age has been erroneously rejected as a mitigating circumstance