Nirbhaya Case: Convicts May File Curative Petition Today
New Delhi: The convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case may file a curative petition in the Supreme Court today against the death sentence awarded to them.
It may be noted that after the court rejected the review petition of Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, three of the four convicts had told the Tihar Jail authorities that they still have the option of filing a curative petition before filing a mercy plea.
A curative petition is the last legal recourse available to a convict and it is generally considered in-chamber.