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Nirbhaya hangings: MHA moves HC challenging stay

Updated on: 02 February,2020 05:00 AM IST  | 

Nirbhaya hangings: MHA moves HC challenging stay

A Delhi court had on Friday stayed for an indefinite period, the death warrants issued against the four death row convictsu2014 Akshay Singh, Pawan Gupta, Mukesh Kumar and Vinay Sharma. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Saturday informed the Delhi High Court that the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case u201c can be hanged separatelyu201d. Mehta while arguing before . ustice Suresh Kumar Kait said, u201c Once a person is aware that his fate is death penalty, any delay in execution is dehumanising. They should be executed immediately.


u201c They are not only abusing the process of law, they are creating circumstances that will water down the guidelines,u201d Mehta added. A G E NCIES u2018 Convicts have deliberately chosen to file their review/ curative/ mercy petition at a much belated stage beyond the statutory period available to them with the sole objective to delay the execution of the death warrantsu2019

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