Nirbhaya case in India
Nirbhaya
case: SC defers hearing on separate hangings; appoints new lawyer for convict
Pawan
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The
Supreme Court has deferred hearing to Friday the Centre’s plea seeking separate
execution of the Nirbhaya case convicts.
Hearing a plea filed by
convict Mukesh, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked Nirbhaya case convicts to
file counter replies by Friday on Centre and Delhi government's plea seeking
separate execution.
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The Supreme Court on
Thursday also appointed advocate Anjana Prakash as amicus curiae for convict
Pawan Gupta, who had earlier claimed that he didnot have a lawyer to assist
him.
Pawan is the only one among
the four convicts who has not yet filed a curative petition -- the last legal
remedy available to a person which is decided in-chamber. He also has the
option of filing a mercy plea.
A Delhi court had on
Wednesday expressed anguish over the death row convict and his father for their
unwillingness to accept its suggestion to engage a counsel from the legal aid
while being without any lawyer of their own.
The remarks by the judge
had come when Pawan's father told the court that he had removed his advocate
and did not need the government lawyer.
The court directed District
Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to provide Pawan's father with a list of its
empanelled advocates to chose from, which was followed, and the matter was
listed for hearing today.
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