New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice R Banumathi fainted in the courtroom on Friday while dictating the order on the Centre' plea seeking separate hanging of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.
Justice Banumathi soon regained consciousness and was taken to the chamber by other judges on the dais and Supreme Court staff.
Also Read: SC dismisses Nirbhaya convict petition challenging rejection of mercy plea
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta says, 'Justice R Banumathi was having high fever and she still has high fever. She is being examined by the doctors in the chamber. She was on medication when she was hearing the case.'
— ANI (@ANI) February 14, 2020
She was taken on a wheel chair for medical treatment.
Justice A S Bopanna, while rising, said that the order in the matter will be passed in-chamber. Justice Ashok Bhushan was also part of the three-judge bench hearing the matter. (PTI)
