The convict has exhausted all his remedies and no fresh evidence can be entertained at this level, the top court said....

The date was fixed after the court was told that the convicts have exhausted all their legal remedies...

They said courts must have been “bound” by provisions of the existing laws...

Court issues notice to convicts, seeks their response...

The hanging of the convicts was deferred after Pawan told a court that his mercy plea was pending before the President ...

It made the recommendation just a few minutes after it received the mercy petition from the Union home ministry, sources said....

The death sentence cannot be executed pending disposal of mercy petition, the court said. ...

The top court further rejected the convict's application seeking stay on the execution of death sentence ...

Notice to Tihar Jail authorities on the pleas moved of Akshay Singh and Pawan Kumar Gupta, directing the officials to file their response by March 2...

He has also sought a stay on the execution of the black warrant issued by the trial court for the hanging...