Chief Justic of India SA Bobde recused himself from hearing the petition of convict Akshay Kumar Singh seeking review of the 2017 apex court judgment upholding his death penalty in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case. The hearing will now take place on Wednesday, December 17.
Nirbhaya’s parents were also present in the Supreme Court on Tuesday for the hearing. Convict Akshay Kumar along with Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, Mukesh Singh, and Ram Singh were convicted of the brutal gang-rape and murder of the 23-year-old physiotherapy student who came to be called Nirbhaya.