In a significant development in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the Supreme Court of India has asked the four convicts to file affidavits on the aggravating and mitigating factors to be considered for sentencing. The Bench orally directed the counsels for the accused, advocates AP Singh and ML Sharma to be ready with the affidavits. This direction by the Bench comes in the wake of submissions made by Amicus Curiae Raju Ramachandran that the trial court had not followed proper procedure for sentencing the accused. One of Ramachandran’s main arguments was that the trial court failed to individualize the […]
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