Rhino, one of the most critically endangered animals in the world is a much sought-after commodity in the underground markets of China. Though traditional Chinese medicine claims that the rhino horn has several medicinal properties modern science has rejected it. Rhino horns are made of keratin, the same type of protein that makes up hair and fingernails.
This has however not stopped Rhinos from being killed for their horns, both in Africa and Asian countries including India.
Delays and only delays
Victim’s father also requested the court not to grant legal aid to the convict. “It will be unjust to give him a lawyer,” he said.
On January 9, convicts Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh had moved the curative petitions in the top court after a Delhi court issued death warrants in their names for their hanging on January 22.
On January 17, Tihar jail had sought issuance of fresh death warrants against the four convicts after which February 1 emerged as the new date.
The Supreme Court is expected to hear the plea of Vinay Sharma, a convict in the case.
Vinay has filed the petition in the top court against President Ram Nath Kovind’s decision to reject his mercy plea.
Vinay, one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case, challenged the President’s decision to dismiss his mercy petition in the apex court on Tuesday.
The convict, through his lawyer AP Singh, has requested the death penalty to be commuted to life imprisonment.
On February 1, Vinay’s mercy petition was rejected by the President.
On January 31, the death sentence of four convicts Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur were stayed by a lower court till further orders.
据《今日印度》2月11日报道，印度南部喀拉拉邦疑似爆发新冠肺炎疫情，当地政府对3252人进行了观察，隔离了另外3218人。另有34人在医院病房被隔离。