The Supreme Court on Thursday, 23 January, observed that the finality of death sentence is extremely important and that "one cannot go on fighting endlessly for everything", while hearing a review petition against a death sentence given to a couple over the murder of seven people.
A condemned prisoner shouldn't be under the impression that death sentence remains open-ended and can be questioned all the time, a bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and justices S A Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna said during the hearing, according to reports.
The apex court's comments come when death warrants have been issued against four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The convicts have appealed against their punishment at several forums.
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