AMN / NEW DELHI

Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow the Centre’s appeal challenging the Delhi High Court’s verdict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The High Court yesterday dismissed Centre’s plea against the trial court’s order staying the execution of the four death row convicts in the case.

Appearing for the Centre, Additional Solicitor General K M Natraj today told the apex court that jail authorities are unable to execute the convicts in the case despite the fact that their review petitions have been dismissed. He also mentioned that curative petitions and mercy pleas of three of them have also been rejected. A bench comprising justices N V Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari decided to hear the case tomorrow.