New Delhi, May 6 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday began the final hearing on a series of appeals related to the 2002 Godhra train burning case, rejecting the objection raised by some convicts that the matter must be heard by a three-judge bench since it involved death penalty sentences.
A two-judge bench comprising Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar proceeded with the hearing after clarifying that the present appeals could be adjudicated by a two-judge bench under prevailing legal provisions.
Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for convicts Abdul Rehman Dhantiya and another, argued that in light of the Supreme Court's Constitution Bench decision in Mohd Arif @ Ashfaq v. Registrar, Supreme Court of India (2014), any case involvi...