A bench of  Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud dismissed the petitions filed by the state of Delhi, the victim’s father, and two other outfits and an application by an anti-rape activist seeking the court’s permission to file a review petition. Dismissing the state of Delhi’s plea, the bench.

Also comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi, said that “after having considered the judgment and other documents on record, we do not find any error either factual or legal, apparent on the face of record requiring review of the aforestated judgment passed by this court”.

In a plea, it was also mentioned that one of the accused was allegedly involved in murder after his acquittal. Referring to this, the court in its March 2 order said “even if an event, which has no nexus to the instant case, had taken place subsequent to the pronouncement of the judgment, that would not be a ground to entertain the review petitions”.

Rejecting the application filed by the activist, the bench said “such an application at the instance of a person who was not a party to the criminal proceedings is not maintainable in a criminal appeal. Moreover, the court has dismissed the review petition filed by State of Delhi by recording that there was no error apparent on the face of the record requiring the review of the judgment in the appeals. The application seeking permission to file review petition is rejected.”