A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today dismissed the curative petition filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, a death row convict in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.

"The application for an oral hearing is rejected. The application for stay of execution of the death sentence is also rejected.

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The Curative Petition is dismissed in terms of the signed order," Justice NV Ramana, said in an order. The five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice NV Ramana also consists of Justice Arun Mishra, Justice RF Nariman, Justice R Banumathi and Justice Ashok Bhushan.

Gupta had on Friday filed a curative petition before the apex court seeking the commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment. He is the fourth convict in the case to file a curative petition.

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The Supreme Court has already rejected the curative petitions of the remaining three. This comes as a lower court issued a fresh death warrant for the four convicts -- Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh, which orders their hanging at 6 am on March 3 at Delhi's Tihar Jail.

Meanwhile, the apex court has also slated for March 5 hearing on a petition, filed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, seeking directions to execute the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case separately.

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The case pertains to the brutal gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, by six people including a juvenile in Delhi.

The woman had died at a Singapore hospital a few days later.

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today dismissed the curative petition filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, a death row convict in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case.

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today dismissed the curative petition filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, a death row convict in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. "The application for an oral hearing is rejected. The application for stay of execution of the death sentence is also rejected. Also read: Nirbhaya case: Day before scheduled hanging, Supreme Court dismisses curative petition filed by Pawan Gupta The Curative Petition is dismissed in terms of the signed order," Justice NV Ramana, said in an order. The five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice NV Ramana also consists of Justice Arun Mishra, Justice RF Nariman, Justice R Banumathi and Justice Ashok Bhushan. Gupta had on Friday filed a curative petition before the apex court seeking the commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment. He is the fourth convict in the case to file a curative petition. Also see: Nirbhaya case: Convict Pawan Gupta files curative petition in Supreme Court The Supreme Court has already rejected the curative petitions of the remaining three. This comes as a lower court issued a fresh death warrant for the four convicts -- Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, and Mukesh Singh, which orders their hanging at 6 am on March 3 at Delhi's Tihar Jail. Meanwhile, the apex court has also slated for March 5 hearing on a petition, filed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, seeking directions to execute the death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case separately. Watch: Nirbhaya Case: All 4 convicts to be hanged on March 3rd The case pertains to the brutal gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, by six people including a juvenile in Delhi. The woman had died at a Singapore hospital a few days later.

Nirbhaya gangrape case convict Pawan Kumar Gupta's curative petition dismissed by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/who-is-indira-jaising-giving-me-such-suggestions-nirbhayas-mother-275018">Nirbhaya gang-rape</a> and murder case <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/we-are-with-you-but-against-the-death-penalty-indira-jaising-appeals-to-nirbhayas-mother-274990">convict on death row</a>, Pawan Kumar Gupta's plea regarding his juvenile status.

Arguing that the prosecution deliberately concealed his age, Pawan had filed a plea in the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/it-is-delay-tactic-to-avoid-execution-says-nirbhayas-mother-on-convicts-plea-in-supreme-court-275446">apex court to challenge the Delhi High Court</a> order that declined to entertain his plea that he was a juvenile when Nirbhaya was brutally gang-raped in December 2012.

A bench, comprising Justices R Banumathi, dismissed the plea of death row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta and upheld the Delhi High Court verdict. 
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The top court said that there is no ground to interfere with the high court's earlier order and added that it was rightly rejected.&nbsp;

The convict's lawyer&nbsp;stated that Pawan was 17 years, 1 month and 20 days old at the time of the crime and based his argument on this to why his role should be considered as a juvenile in the case.

On January 17, the Delhi&nbsp;High Court had rejected the review petition of Pawan and he had challenged this before the apex court.

A Delhi court issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will now be executed on February 1 at 6 am.

Four convicts, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan, and Mukesh were convicted and sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in the national capital on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012.

(With inputs from agencies)

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case convict on death row, Pawan Kumar Gupta's plea regarding his juvenile status. Arguing that the prosecution deliberately concealed his age, Pawan had filed a plea in the apex court to challenge the Delhi High Court order that declined to entertain his plea that he was a juvenile when Nirbhaya was brutally gang-raped in December 2012.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case convict on death row, Pawan Kumar Gupta's plea regarding his juvenile status. Arguing that the prosecution deliberately concealed his age, Pawan had filed a plea in the apex court to challenge the Delhi High Court order that declined to entertain his plea that he was a juvenile when Nirbhaya was brutally gang-raped in December 2012. A bench, comprising Justices R Banumathi, dismissed the plea of death row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta and upheld the Delhi High Court verdict. ' The top court said that there is no ground to interfere with the high court's earlier order and added that it was rightly rejected. The convict's lawyer stated that Pawan was 17 years, 1 month and 20 days old at the time of the crime and based his argument on this to why his role should be considered as a juvenile in the case. On January 17, the Delhi High Court had rejected the review petition of Pawan and he had challenged this before the apex court. A Delhi court issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will now be executed on February 1 at 6 am. Four convicts, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan, and Mukesh were convicted and sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in the national capital on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012. (With inputs from agencies)

Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court dismisses plea on convict Pawan Gupta's juvenile status

Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim, on Monday termed the petition by one of the convicts in the case as a tactic to delay the execution.

The Supreme Court will today hear a <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/nibhaya-case-death-row-convict-claims-he-was-juvenile-supreme-court-to-hear-plea-275125">Special Leave Petition</a> (SLP) filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the death row convicts in the gang-rape and murder case, claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime, and the Delhi High Court had ignored this fact during the proceedings in the case.

Speaking to ANI, Asha Devi said, "It is just a tactic to delay the execution. His petition was canceled in 2013 by the Supreme Court. The review petition was also dismissed by the court. He's doing it just to waste time. All the convicts must be executed on February 1."

The Delhi High Court had rejected the review petition of Pawan and he had challenged this before the apex court on January 17.

Pawan's date of birth as per school record is October 8, 1996, but the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/delhi-high-court-dismisses-plea-seeking-opening-of-kalindi-kunj-shaheen-bagh-stretch-274254">Delhi High Court</a> had ignored this, Pawan's lawyer, AP Singh claimed in the petition.

A Delhi court issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will now be executed on February 1 at 6 am.

Four convicts, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan, and Mukesh were convicted and sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in the national capital on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012.

Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim, on Monday termed the petition by one of the convicts in the case as a tactic to delay the execution. The Supreme Court will today hear a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the death row convicts in the gang-rape and murder case, claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime, and the Delhi High Court had ignored this fact during the proceedings in the case.

Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim, on Monday termed the petition by one of the convicts in the case as a tactic to delay the execution. The Supreme Court will today hear a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the death row convicts in the gang-rape and murder case, claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime, and the Delhi High Court had ignored this fact during the proceedings in the case. Speaking to ANI, Asha Devi said, "It is just a tactic to delay the execution. His petition was canceled in 2013 by the Supreme Court. The review petition was also dismissed by the court. He's doing it just to waste time. All the convicts must be executed on February 1." The Delhi High Court had rejected the review petition of Pawan and he had challenged this before the apex court on January 17. Pawan's date of birth as per school record is October 8, 1996, but the Delhi High Court had ignored this, Pawan's lawyer, AP Singh claimed in the petition. A Delhi court issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will now be executed on February 1 at 6 am. Four convicts, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan, and Mukesh were convicted and sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in the national capital on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012.

It is delay tactic to avoid execution, says Nirbhayas mother on convicts plea in Supreme Court

The <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/tis-hazari-court-clash-delhi-high-court-orders-judicial-probe-259716">Delhi High Court</a> on Thursday adjourned till January 24 the petition filed by one of the death-row convicts in the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/want-convicts-in-nirbhaya-case-to-be-hanged-at-earliest-delhi-chief-minister-arvind-kejriwal-268087">Nirbhaya rape case</a> claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence.

Justice Suresh Kumar Kait adjourned the matter after convict Pawan Kumar Gupta's lawyer, advocate A P Singh, sought time to file fresh documents.

Justice Kait allowed the council to take another date in the criminal revision petition filed by Gupta, who claimed his ossification test was not done at that point and he should be given the benefit of that.

Gupta, in his plea, had stated that since he was juvenile in 2012 when the rape was committed, he should be treated under the Juvenile Justice Act.

He argued that the claim of juvenility can be raised at any time even after the final disposal of the case.

"Ossification test of the petitioner was conducted by the investigating officers. The age verification report filed by the investigating officers could not be relied upon. The convict should be treated as a juvenile under the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/centre-introduces-bill-in-lok-sabha-to-amend-juvenile-justice-act-157486">Juvenile Justice Act</a>," stated the petition.

The case pertains to for rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student by six men on a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012. 
Gupta, along with three others - Akshay, Vinay, and Mukesh is facing the gallows in the case.

The main accused, Ram Singh, allegedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail during the trial. Another accused was a minor at the time of the commission of the crime and was sent to a reform facility and released after three years.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned till January 24 the petition filed by one of the death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned till January 24 the petition filed by one of the death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case claiming that he was a juvenile at the time of the offence. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait adjourned the matter after convict Pawan Kumar Gupta's lawyer, advocate A P Singh, sought time to file fresh documents. Justice Kait allowed the council to take another date in the criminal revision petition filed by Gupta, who claimed his ossification test was not done at that point and he should be given the benefit of that. Gupta, in his plea, had stated that since he was juvenile in 2012 when the rape was committed, he should be treated under the Juvenile Justice Act. He argued that the claim of juvenility can be raised at any time even after the final disposal of the case. "Ossification test of the petitioner was conducted by the investigating officers. The age verification report filed by the investigating officers could not be relied upon. The convict should be treated as a juvenile under the Juvenile Justice Act," stated the petition. The case pertains to for rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student by six men on a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012. Gupta, along with three others - Akshay, Vinay, and Mukesh is facing the gallows in the case. The main accused, Ram Singh, allegedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail during the trial. Another accused was a minor at the time of the commission of the crime and was sent to a reform facility and released after three years.

Nirbhaya case: Delhi High Court adjourns convict's plea claiming he was juvenile