The contention of the Central government was that the compensation, determined in 1989, was arrived at on the basis of assumptions of truth unrelated to realities.
Akshay Thakur Singh was the third convict to file a curative petition challenging the death penalty after Vinay Sharma and Mukesh.
According to the provision of the Delhi Jail Manual, a convict should get 14 days time after his mercy petition is dismissed.
Akshay Thakur Singh, Mukesh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma, who were found guilty in the rape and murder of a Delhi medical student, will be hanged at 7 am on January 22, as per a trial court order.
