On Monday, the Delhi court had directed the Tihar prison authorities to execute the convicts on March 3rd, 2020 at 6 am.

The fresh warrant is the third one in the line pronounced by the same court after the previous orders were halted earlier.

DMK has stated that these 11 MLAs had violated the whip issued by the ruling party and voted against the government in the trust vote and their actions have constituted to get disqualified under the anti-defection law.

The Justice had debarred to acquit the four life term convicts on ethical grounds. These four convicts should be imprisoned until their death.

In December and January, the Tamil Nadu 'Q' branch officials had detained dozens of people from Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi for allegedly plotting imminent attacks and indulging in radical activities.

After detaining all the accused who are all aged from 23 to 65, the police had registered a case against the accused under the grounds of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The Tihar prison authorities stated that they will move to Delhi court to seek the fresh warrant as Vinay Sharma's mercy plea was rejected.

Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi stated that the lawyer of the convicts, AP Singh has challenged her saying that the convicts will never be executed.

It was the second petition moved by Akshay Singh and earlier he had approached the apex court with his curative petition to challenge the death penalty.

The CBI had informed that it would be dropping off the mob attack case by citing the lack of evidence.