New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed the curated petition challenging the Supreme Court’s verdict of death sentence of Nibhaya case accused Akshay Singh Takur. A five-member bench headed by Justice NV Ramana rejected the petition. The court also rejected the stay of the execution warrant issued on February 1.

Meanwhile, the defendant’s advocate AP Singh has approached the Delhi trial court on the death penalty. On February 1, the petition demanded that the death penalty be postponed. The penalty is not to be executed until the legal rights of the last accused including the mercy pleas are exhausted.

Vinay Sharma, the accused in the Nirbhaya case, has appealed to the President for mercy. Earlier, another accused, Mukesh Singh, had also issued a mercy petition to the President. But this was rejected by the President. Mukesh Singh’s mercy plea comes after the Supreme Court dismissed the amended petition. Mukesh Singh also appealed to the Supreme Court challenging the President’s mercy plea. The Supreme Court had rejected the plea. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, saying it would not interfere with the President’s decision.

New Delhi: At least 25 people, including 9 women, were killed when a transport bus collided with an autorickshaw in Maharashtra’s Nasik. Both vehicles crashed into the side of the road at the time of the crash. The accident took place at Meshi Phata in northern Maharashtra this afternoon. About 30 people were injured. The state government has announced Rs 10 lakh each for the families of the victims of the accident. 21 bodies have been taken out so far. Rescue operations are in progress.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expresses condolences over the death toll in the Nashik district of Maharashtra. The Prime Minister took to Twitter to share the grief of the families of those killed in the accident. He also wished the injured people to recover quickly.

New Delhi: Supreme Court rejects Mukesh Singh’s plea for rejecting mercy petition in the Nirbhaya case. The petition was rejected by a bench headed by Justice Bhanumati.

 Justice Bhanumati said that the President’s rejection of mercy petition did not mean that the petitions were not considered carefully. Before the mercy plea was considered, the verdicts of the trial court, the High Court and the Supreme Court had been submitted to the President. The bench said the harassment in the jail was not a reason to reject the mercy plea.Mukesh Singh had approached the apex court challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by the President. Meanwhile, another accused in the case, Akshay Kumar, has approached the Supreme Court with a curative petition. The court asked the registry defendant’s lawyer to produce the accompanying documents along with the petition.