In Brief
A man convicted and sentenced to death for the brutal 2012 gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi sought review of the Supreme Court's dismissal of his criminal appeal. He argued procedural violations, including arrest irregularities, forced legal representation, police torture, and challenged the reliability of the victim's dying declarations and call records. The Supreme Court held that review jurisdiction is restricted to error apparent on the face of the record and cannot be used to re-argue the case on merits. All three courts had carefully considered the evidence and rejected his submissions. The Court dismissed the review petition, holding that repeating old arguments already decided does not constitute grounds for review."
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