Supreme court recent decision on Nirbhaya Case:
The death penalty of the criminals adjourned The court today conceded the execution of convicts in the Nirbhaya assault case. The execution was planned to happen on March 3 at 6am. The decision comes after a seat of judges N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan said that no case is made out for rethinking the conviction and the discipline of the convict. Court has conceded the issue as the kindness request of one of the convicts, Pawan is pending before the President of India. The Union Home Ministry got the leniency appeal of Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts, authorities said on Monday. The service will send the request to President Ram Nath Kovind for his thought and decision. The Supreme Court dismissed his remedial request before that day. Gupta had documented the request last Friday, looking for the changing of his capital punishment to life detainment. A five-judge seat headed by Justice N V Ramana, which thought ab...