India, Dec. 30 -- The Supreme Court on Monday paused a Delhi High Court order suspending expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar's life sentence in the 2017 Unnao rape case.

The big move has triggered reactions from both sides - with the survivor calling it justice, her lawyer terming it only a brief respite, and the convict Kuldeep Sengar's daughter maintaining her father's innocence.

A special vacation bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices J K Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih stayed the Delhi high court's December 23, 2025 order that had opened the door for Sengar's release.

The order was welcomed by the survivor, who had attempted self-immolation outside the Uttar Pradesh chief minister's residence...