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A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court today dismissed a review petition filed by one of the four convicts awaiting death penalty in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder. Akshay Singh, one of the five men convicted for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi in 2012, had sought review of his death penalty. He has filed a petition saying life in Delhi is being shortened anyway due to the rising air and water pollution.
On Tuesday, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde had opted out of hearing a petition in the case, saying one of the advocates who represented the woman's mother is a family member.
