India, Oct. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Centre to three petitions that sought compensation for three men who spent years in jail on the death row before being acquitted by the Supreme Court this year.

The bench also sought the assistance of Attorney General R Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in this case.

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order on Monday while considering three separate petitions filed by Sanjay, Ramkirat Munilal Goud and Kattavellai alias Devakar, and who had been wrongly sentenced to death for heinous offences involving murder, rape under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sexual assault on a minor punishable under the Protection of Children from...