Chhawla rape and murder: Acquitted person booked for new murder; Supreme Court 3-Judge Bench to hear review plea

The plea to urgently list the matter was filed in the wake of a new criminal case being filed against Vinod (one of the three persons acquitted earlier) for the murder of an auto-driver last month.
Justice S Ravindra Bhat, CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice Bela M Trivedi
Justice S Ravindra Bhat, CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice Bela M Trivedi

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to set up a three-judge bench to hear a review application filed by the Delhi government against the acquittal of three death row convicts in the 2012 Chhawla gang-rape and murder case. [State of NCT of Delhi, Ministry of Home Affairs vs Rahul and ors]

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