Gallery
- Karnataka rain fury: Photos of flooded streets, uprooted treesCannes 2022: Deepika Padukone stuns at the French Riviera in Sabyasachi outfitRanbir Kapoor And Alia Bhatt's Wedding Pics - Sealed With A KissOscars 2022: Every Academy Award WinnerShane Warne (1969-2022): Australian cricket legend's life in picturesPhotos: What Russia's invasion of Ukraine looks like on the groundLata Mangeshkar (1929-2022): A pictorial tribute to the 'Nightingale of India'PM Modi unveils 216-feet tall Statue of Equality in Hyderabad (PHOTOS)Wedding pics: Mouni Roy marries Suraj Nambiar in South Indian ceremony73rd Republic Day Parade 2022 - In Pictures
First Serve, an NGO founded by Reyaan Punj, recently organised the second edition of AITA
- Bajrang Punia provisionally suspended by NADA, Paris berth at stake: Sources
- Laureus Award 2024 : Novak Djokovic, Aitana Bonmati win top honours at Laureus Sports Awards
- Asian Games medallist Jyothi Yarraji to train in Spain ahead of Paris Olympics
- Lione Messi said Retirement not on my mind
- Indian Wells: Alcaraz, Swiatek win titles
Nirbhaya convicts entitled to exhaust legal remedies: Court Last Updated : 13 Feb 2020 05:41:28 PM IST file photo A Delhi court on Thursday adjourned till February 17 hearing on a petition seeking issuance of death warrant in Nirbhaya rape case, observing that condemned convicts are entitled to exhaust their legal remedies and it cannot afford to ignore their fundamental rights.
"Article 21 protects the life and liberty of condemned convicts till last breath. The condemned convicts are entitled to exhaust the legal remedies and the court cannot afford to ignore heir fundamental rights," Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana said.The court also asked the new counsel representing a death-row convict, Pawan, to study the matter.The court on Wednesday gave liberty to Pawan to choose his own counsel after his lawyer, A.P. Singh, refused to represent him in the matter.The court directed the death-row convict to select his counsel from the list of empanelled advocates of the Delhi State Legal Service Authority.The case pertains to the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in the national capital in December 2012.Out of the four convicts, Pawan is the only one who has not yet availed of the remedy of either curative or mercy petitions, which will be the last judicial and constitutional resort available to him.
IANS New Delhi For Latest Updates Please-
Join us on
Follow us on
172.31.16.186