Nirbhaya Case Hearing Underway in SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is hearing a review plea filed by Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four men convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case, on December 18.
It will pronounce its verdict on Akshay’s review plea at 1 pm today. The hearing on Akshay’s review plea was delayed by a day on December 17 after Chief Justice of India SA Bobde recused himself from hearing the review plea.
CJI SA Bobde recused himself from the case because his nephew had represented Nirbhaya in a court earlier. Akshay Kumar Singh’s review plea will be heard by a new three-judge Supreme Court bench today.