Chhawla gangrape-murder: SC will contemplate pleas looking for evaluate of verdict acquitting convicts
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is prone to contemplate on Thursday as many as 5 petitions looking for evaluate of its verdict acquitting three demise row convicts within the gangrape and homicide case of a 19-year-old woman in Chhawla space right here in 2012.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi will determine by circulation in chambers the destiny of the 5 evaluate petitions at 1.50 PM on March 2.
According to the checklist of enterprise uploaded on the apex court docket web site, the evaluate pleas are listed for consideration on Thursday.
The prime court docket, on February 8, had agreed to represent a three-judge bench to contemplate pleas for a evaluate of its verdict acquitting the three demise row convicts within the sensational case. One of the convicts pursuant to acquittal had murdered an auto driver on January 26.
Besides the Delhi authorities, father of the sufferer, Uttrakhand Bachao Movement and Uttarakhand Lok Manch have sought the evaluate of the judgement.
In 2012, the three accused had allegedly gangraped the woman, murdered her and mutilated her physique with a screwdriver and different weapons.
The trial court docket had awarded them demise sentence and the excessive court docket upheld it in August 2014.
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The apex court docket put aside the excessive court docket order and acquitted them of the offences in November final yr, sparking a debate on the decision.
The convicts have been acquitted by a bench of former CJI UU Lalit, Justices SR Bhat and Bela M Trivedi on November 7 on the bottom that the prosecution did not show prices.
Except the plea looking for evaluate of a judgement awarding demise penalty to a convict, such petitions are thought of and determined in chambers.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is prone to contemplate on Thursday as many as 5 petitions looking for evaluate of its verdict acquitting three demise row convicts within the gangrape and homicide case of a 19-year-old woman in Chhawla space right here in 2012.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi will determine by circulation in chambers the destiny of the 5 evaluate petitions at 1.50 PM on March 2.
According to the checklist of enterprise uploaded on the apex court docket web site, the evaluate pleas are listed for consideration on Thursday.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The prime court docket, on February 8, had agreed to represent a three-judge bench to contemplate pleas for a evaluate of its verdict acquitting the three demise row convicts within the sensational case. One of the convicts pursuant to acquittal had murdered an auto driver on January 26.
Besides the Delhi authorities, father of the sufferer, Uttrakhand Bachao Movement and Uttarakhand Lok Manch have sought the evaluate of the judgement.
In 2012, the three accused had allegedly gangraped the woman, murdered her and mutilated her physique with a screwdriver and different weapons.
The trial court docket had awarded them demise sentence and the excessive court docket upheld it in August 2014.
ALSO READ | 2012 Chhawala rape-murder: SC acquits all convicts who have been referred to as ‘predators’ by Delhi court docket
The apex court docket put aside the excessive court docket order and acquitted them of the offences in November final yr, sparking a debate on the decision.
The convicts have been acquitted by a bench of former CJI UU Lalit, Justices SR Bhat and Bela M Trivedi on November 7 on the bottom that the prosecution did not show prices.
Except the plea looking for evaluate of a judgement awarding demise penalty to a convict, such petitions are thought of and determined in chambers.
