NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday issued death warrant for four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.

The execution will be held on January 22 at 7am in Tihar jail. The court said the convicts can use their legal remedies within 14 days.

The order was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora who issued death warrants against them.

AP Singh, lawyer for the convicts, has said that they will file a curative petition in the Supreme Court.

Responding to the court order, Asha Devi, mother of the gang-rape victim said, "My daughter has got justice. Execution of the 4 convicts will empower the women of the country. This decision will strengthen the trust of people in the judicial system."

Earlier during the hearing, the prosecution said there was no application pending before any court or the President right now by any of the convicts and the review petition of all the convicts was dismissed by the Supreme Court.

While urging the court to issue the death warrants, the prosecution said, "In between issuance and execution of death warrants of the convicts want to file curative petitions they can do so."

The four death row convicts are Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh and Pawan Gupta.

