Nirbhaya case: Swift justice required in rarest of rare cases, say lawyers

Some lawyers also supported strict punishments and defended continuing capital punishment

As the seven-year-old Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case comes to a close with the execution of four convicts in the matter, it has sparked another debate over the nature of law dealing with such cases.

According to several lawyers, the law is both corrective and retributive but swift justice is also required in rarest of rare cases, where there is no scope for reformation.

"We have become accustomed to having this sense of righteousness without looking at it from a social justice or human rights viewpoint. Our viewpoint is more layman's viewpoint than that of human rights," senior advocate Geeta Luthra told