It’s been 7 years to the India’s deadly rape incident in the national capital! But the convicts are yet to face their due punishment.
Yes, we are talking about Nirbhaya Case that sent shock waves across the country on violence against women.
In a recent judgment pertaining to the case, the Supreme Court has dismissed a plea made by one of the four convicts in the gang rape and murder incident.
The convict Akshay Kumar Singh has reportedly sought the court to review the 2017 main judgment that upheld his death penalty.
In response, the apex court said there is ‘no error’ in the main judgment to review again.
“Review petition is not “re-hearing of appeal over and over again” and the top court had already considered the mitigating and aggravating circumstances while upholding the death penalty to the convict in the 2017 verdict,” informed PTI.
Advocate AP Singh, on behalf of Akshay Kumar, requested the bench to give three-week time to file mercy petition before the President.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, on behalf of the Delhi Government, told the bench that one-week time is permissible under the law for filing mercy petition.
“We are not expressing our view in this regard. If as per the law any time is available to the petitioner, it is for the petitioner to avail the remedy of filing mercy petition within that stipulated time,” the bench said in response.
According to the bench, the other three convicts made similar pleas that were rejected by the top court the last year.
“All these things have already been well considered by the trial court, High Court and the Supreme Court,” the court said in response to Akshay’s allegations that the investigation carries flaws.
