New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Delhi government seeking a response on a curative petition (last resort remedy) filed by Pakistani terrorist and death row convict Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq, who was convicted for his role in the 2000 Red Fort attack.

The Court had, in November 2022, affirmed the convict's death sentence by rejecting a review plea filed by him. Subsequently, in 2024, the convicts' mercy plea was rejected by President Droupadi Murmu.

Today, a three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant accepted the convicts' plea by seeking a response from the State of Delhi.

Arif was convicted in connection with the attack which took place at the Red Fort on the night of Decem...