Besides, the convict has sought a direction restraining the authorities from executing the death penalty, which has been scheduled for February 1.
New Delhi, January 18
The Supreme Court will hear on January 20 a plea of a death row convict in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case against a Delhi High Court order dismissing his claim of being a juvenile at the time of commission of the offence.
A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and AS Bopanna will hear the plea of Pawan Kumar Gupta.
Gupta moved the apex court on Friday challenging the high court’s order dismissing his claim of being a juvenile in December 2012.
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Besides, the convict has sought a direction restraining the authorities from executing the death penalty, which has been scheduled for February 1. PTI
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