2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case convicts will be ‘hanged soon’, Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Lok Sabha
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case convicts will be ‘hanged soon’, Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Lok Sabha

Firstpost  

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured Lok Sabha that convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case will be hanged soon. Several members, especially women MPs across party lines, raised the issue of attacks on women in various parts of the country. New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured Lok Sabha that convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case will be hanged soon. Expressing anguish over such incidents, Prasad said, “I have deep concern in this regard.” As far as hanging of convicts in the 2012 gangrape case is concerned, the minister said, the Supreme Court has already sentenced them to death.

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2012 Delhi gangrape case: Day after execution of four convicts, UN calls on all nations to stop use of capital punishment
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Day after execution of four convicts, UN calls on all nations to stop use of capital punishment

Firstpost  

The UN has called on all nations to stop the use of capital punishment or put a moratorium on it, a day after four men convicted of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman were hanged in India. United Nations: The UN has called on all nations to stop the use of capital punishment or put a moratorium on it, a …

'Justice finally granted': 2012 Delhi gangrape victim's parents hail hanging of four convicts, say historic day for all women
4 years, 9 months ago

'Justice finally granted': 2012 Delhi gangrape victim's parents hail hanging of four convicts, say historic day for all women

Firstpost  

The victim’s father, Badrinath Singh hailed the hanging saying that their daughter had finally got the justice, seven years after she was brutalised in a moving bus in Delhi. After the hanging of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case on Friday, the victim’s mother Asha Devi dedicated the day to the daughters of …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Seven years later, all four death row convicts executed for crime that shook nation
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Seven years later, all four death row convicts executed for crime that shook nation

Firstpost  

The hanging was carried out as per schedule in Delhi’s Tihar jail after a three-judge Supreme Court bench rejected the final plea by the convicts’ lawyer AP Singh to stay their execution in a late-night hearing. All four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder of a young physiotherapy student were hanged in the National Capital’s high-security …

Four Nirbhaya case convicts hanged to death in Tihar jail
4 years, 9 months ago

Four Nirbhaya case convicts hanged to death in Tihar jail

The Hindu  

Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar, and Mukesh Kumar convicted for Nirbhaya’s gangrape and murder, were hanged to death in Delhi’s Tihar jail early on Friday morning. String of death warrants Having exhausted all their legal remedies, the four convicts went on pleading spree after the first death warrant was issued against them for January 22 at 7am inside Tihar …

India hangs four men over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and murder
4 years, 9 months ago

India hangs four men over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and murder

Al Jazeera  

The four men, sentenced to death in 2013, have been executed at Tihar jail after their clemency pleas were rejected. India has executed four men for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. The four were hanged before dawn on Friday at Tihar jail in …

Nirbhaya case: Delhi High Court declines to stay execution of convicts
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Delhi High Court declines to stay execution of convicts

Live Mint  

The four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case are set to be hanged early Friday morning with the Delhi High Court clearing the decks for their execution by dismissing their plea seeking a stay on it. While dismissing the plea, the bench said pending petitions of the convicts in various fora is untenable in law as a …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Supreme Court refuses to entertain Mukesh Singh's plea claiming he wasn't in Delhi at time of crime
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Supreme Court refuses to entertain Mukesh Singh's plea claiming he wasn't in Delhi at time of crime

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court refused to entertain the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, challenging the Delhi High Court order which rejected his claim that he was not in the city at the time of crime New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain the plea of Mukesh …

How a hanging takes place at an Indian jail
4 years, 9 months ago

How a hanging takes place at an Indian jail

India Today  

Four men convicted of the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012 were hanged at 5:30 am on Friday morning as per the most recent death 'black' warrant issued in their name. Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, and Pawan Gupta have been on death row since 2013 when a fast track court sentenced them to death, holding …

Nirbhaya rapists to hang at 5.30 am tomorrow, plea for stay dismissed
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya rapists to hang at 5.30 am tomorrow, plea for stay dismissed

India Today  

A Delhi court today dismissed a plea seeking a stay on the execution of Nirbhaya's rapists, and they will all be hanged tomorrow at 5.30 am. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has dismissed a plea from one of the convicts, Akshay Kumar Singh, challenging the rejection of his second mercy petition by the President of India. The top court has also …

Tihar gets ready to execute Nirbhaya case convicts
4 years, 9 months ago

Tihar gets ready to execute Nirbhaya case convicts

India Today  

Seven years after the execution of Afzal Guru, Tihar Jail on Thursday prepared the ground to hang the four men convicted in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case after several dummy runs and officials brushing up on details specified in the jail manual. The execution, specifies the Delhi Prison Rules 2018, will take place in the presence of the superintendent, deputy superintendent, …

2012 Delhi gangrape: All legal routes closed, four convicts set to hang at 5.30 am today
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: All legal routes closed, four convicts set to hang at 5.30 am today

Firstpost  

All legal routes to escape the noose closed on Thursday for the four men convicted in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case who are now hours away from being hanged, seven years-three months after brutalising a young woman in a Delhi bus with a barbarity that shook the nation New Delhi: All legal routes to escape the noose closed …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi HC reserves order on convict Mukesh Singh's plea seeking quashing of death penalty
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi HC reserves order on convict Mukesh Singh's plea seeking quashing of death penalty

Firstpost  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a petition filed by one of the four 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts — Mukesh Singh — challenging the trial court’s order on his plea claiming innocence. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a petition filed by one of the four 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts …

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case: Court reserves order on convict Mukesh Singh's plea seeking quashing of death penalty
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case: Court reserves order on convict Mukesh Singh's plea seeking quashing of death penalty

Firstpost  

The plea claimed that Mukesh Singh was arrested from Rajasthan and brought to Delhi on 17 December, 2012, and he was not present in the city on 16 December, when the crime took place New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved its order on plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi …

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder: Three convicts approach International Court of Justice seeking stay on execution of death sentence
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder: Three convicts approach International Court of Justice seeking stay on execution of death sentence

Firstpost  

The four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case — Vinay, Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — are scheduled to be hanged at 5:30 am on 20 March. New Delhi: Three of the four death row convicts in the December 2012 Delhi gangrape case approached the International Court of Justice, seeking a stay on the execution of their …

Nirbhaya: Tihar asks hangman to report three days ahead of convicts’ execution
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya: Tihar asks hangman to report three days ahead of convicts’ execution

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With just five days left for the execution of death sentence in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Tihar Jail authorities on Sunday said they have asked the hangman to report three days ahead of the scheduled hanging. After the fresh death warrant was issued, the Tihar Jail authorities wrote to their counterparts in …

Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 20
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on March 20

Op India  

A Delhi court on Thursday issued a fresh death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. They are to be hanged at 5.30 am on March 20, 2020 pic.twitter.com/MAOx5rVVGw — ANI March 5, 2020 Reportedly, the order by a Delhi court comes after President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected the mercy petition of Pawan …

2012 Delhi gang rape case: Tihar jail authorities move court seeking fresh date for hanging; matter to be heard at 2 pm
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gang rape case: Tihar jail authorities move court seeking fresh date for hanging; matter to be heard at 2 pm

Firstpost  

Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday moved a city court seeking a fresh date for the execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case. Shortly after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupt a, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president

Firstpost  

The four convicts —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — were scheduled to be hanged at 6 am tomorrow at Delhi’s Tihar Jail. A Delhi court on Monday stayed the execution of the four convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case until further orders in view of the mercy petition filed by Pawan Gupta before …

Nirbhaya case: We had made all preparations for hanging, says Tihar authorities
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: We had made all preparations for hanging, says Tihar authorities

India TV News  

Delhi's Tihar Prison authorities had made all necessary preparations for the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-and-murder case which was scheduled for Tuesday, officials said Monday. Postponing the execution, Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said the hanging cannot be carried out pending disposal of Pawan Gupta's mercy plea before the President, observing any condemned convict must not meet …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi court reserves order on convict Pawan Gupta's petition seeking stay on execution
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi court reserves order on convict Pawan Gupta's petition seeking stay on execution

Firstpost  

The four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — are scheduled to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on a petition filed by Pawan Gupta, a death row convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and …

Delay in hanging shows failure of system, says Nirbhaya's mother
4 years, 10 months ago

Delay in hanging shows failure of system, says Nirbhaya's mother

India Today  

Delhi gangrape victim Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi on Monday said no matter what the convicts do, they will be hanged for their crime, after a Delhi court deferred the execution of death penalty in the case till further orders. Asha Devi said she "loses hope every day" but the convicts will be hanged no matter what they do. A Delhi …

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case: Pawan Kumar Gupta files curative plea in SC seeking commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case: Pawan Kumar Gupta files curative plea in SC seeking commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment

Firstpost  

New Delhi: One of the four death row convicts, Pawan Kumar Gupta, in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case moved a curative plea in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment. Reuters Gupta, against whom the death warrant has been issued for execution along with three other condemned prisoners on 3 …

2012 Delhi gangrape: Vinay Sharma, one of four death row convicts, bangs head against wall in Tihar jail, sustains injury
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: Vinay Sharma, one of four death row convicts, bangs head against wall in Tihar jail, sustains injury

Firstpost  

A Delhi court on Monday ordered that the four convicts – Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case be hanged on at 6 am on 3 March. New Delhi: One of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, injured himself by …

Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma hurts himself in Tihar jail cell
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma hurts himself in Tihar jail cell

India TV News  

One of the death row convicts of 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, Vinay Sharma attempted to hurt himself by banging his head against a wall in Tihar jail cell, on February 16. Nirbhaya convicts to be hanged at 6 am The four convicts -- Vinay, Mukesh, Pawan, and Akshay -- will be executed at 6 AM in Tihar jail. The court …

Delhi court: Nirbhaya case convicts hang 6am on March 3
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi court: Nirbhaya case convicts hang 6am on March 3

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday ordered that the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case be hanged at 6 am on March 3 after it issued fresh death warrants, saying deferring the execution further would be “sacrilegious” to the rights of the victim. “It is hereby directed that the warrants, vide order dated January 7, 2020 in respect …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Court issues fresh death warrant, four convicts to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March
4 years, 10 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Court issues fresh death warrant, four convicts to be hanged at 6 am on 3 March

Firstpost  

A Delhi Court on Monday issued fresh death warrants for the execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case A Delhi court on Monday issued fresh death warrants for the execution of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case. The order was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana while hearing …

Nirbhaya case: SC issue notices to 4 death row convicts on Centre's appeal against HC verdict
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya case: SC issue notices to 4 death row convicts on Centre's appeal against HC verdict

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on the Centre's appeal challenging the Delhi High Court verdict which dismissed its plea against stay on their execution. The trial court had on Friday dismissed the pleas of Delhi government and Tihar jail authorities seeking fresh date for …

New Delhi: Appeal for law on separate hanging
4 years, 11 months ago

New Delhi: Appeal for law on separate hanging

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre and Delhi government on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lay down a law to separately hang death row convicts who are convicted for the same crime so that they may not by a “calculated design” delay the execution of sentence. Taking the court through the dates of the Nirbhaya case to contend that the four …

Nirbhaya Case : Trial Court Dismisses Plea By Tihar Jail For Fresh Death Warrant Against Convicts [Read Order]
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya Case : Trial Court Dismisses Plea By Tihar Jail For Fresh Death Warrant Against Convicts [Read Order]

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Friday dismissed the plea moved by Tihar authorities seeking fresh death warrants against the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case. "The plea is bereft of merits, death warrant can't be issued on the surmises of conjectures", ASJ Dharmender Rana of Patial House Courts said.The court has held the application to be premature, and …

Nirbhaya case: Centre, Delhi govt move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Centre, Delhi govt move SC challenging HC verdict on hanging of convicts

India TV News  

The Centre and the Delhi government moved the Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the rejection of their plea by the Delhi High Court against the trial court's order staying the execution of four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The high court said all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case have to be executed together, not …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: HC gives death row convicts a week to exhaust all legal remedies, pulls up authorities for delaying matters
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: HC gives death row convicts a week to exhaust all legal remedies, pulls up authorities for delaying matters

Firstpost  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the four convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case a period of one week to opt for all legal remedies available, after which the procedure of the death sentence on them will be initiated, ANI reported. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave the four convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Repeated delays in execution of convicts incentivises vigilante justice; erodes faith in India’s criminal justice system
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Repeated delays in execution of convicts incentivises vigilante justice; erodes faith in India’s criminal justice system

Firstpost  

Amid Shaheen Bagh protests, budget and upcoming Delhi elections, an important development has gone quite under the radar that may have far-reaching consequences and leave an indelible mark on India’s polity. The crime shook the nation and forced the government to enact tougher new laws, including introducing death penalty in ‘rarest of rare’ cases, widening the definition of “rape”, adding …

Nirbhaya's rapists can be hanged separately, Centre tells Delhi HC
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya's rapists can be hanged separately, Centre tells Delhi HC

India TV News  

Suggesting a resort to avoid further delay in the execution of 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape convicts, the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the four convicts can be hanged separately as they are misusing the legal process. Delhi High Court on Sunday was hearing Centre's plea challenging the stay on the execution of four convicts of 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects clemency petition of death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects clemency petition of death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma

Firstpost  

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the clemency plea of Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Home Ministry officials said on Saturday. The four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case are scheduled to be hanged on 1 February. However, the …

Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Exactly 15 hours before they were due to be hanged, the four Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case convicts on Friday got yet another last-minute reprieve as a Delhi court deferred their execution indefinitely. In deeply distressing scenes outside the Patiala House court complex here, Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi broke down and cried after the execution of the four men convicted …

Lawyer of Nirbhaya case convicts say hanging will be postponed till eternity
4 years, 11 months ago

Lawyer of Nirbhaya case convicts say hanging will be postponed till eternity

Op India  

Merely 12 hours ahead of the much-awaited execution of the four convicts in 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, the Patiala House court in Delhi on Friday once again directed the Tihar Jail authorities not to execute the four convicts until further notice. “Mujrimom ke vakeel AP Singh ne mujhe aaj anguli dikha kar challenge kiya ki ye faasi ab …

2012 gangrape case: Delhi court stays execution of convicts until further orders; victim's mother says defence lawyer mocked her over delay
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 gangrape case: Delhi court stays execution of convicts until further orders; victim's mother says defence lawyer mocked her over delay

Firstpost  

The scheduled execution of the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case was deferred till further orders by a Delhi court on Friday. Additional Sessions judge Dharmender Rana at the Patiala House court complex passed the order on a plea by one of the convicts seeking a stay on their execution scheduled for 1 February. While passing the …

HC says hang all Nirbhaya convicts together: Case chronology
4 years, 11 months ago

HC says hang all Nirbhaya convicts together: Case chronology

India Today  

Following is the chronology of events in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case in which a Delhi court on Friday postponed the execution of their black warrants till further order. - Feb, 2019: Victim's parents move Delhi court for issuance of death warrants of the four convicts - Dec 10, 2019: Akshay moves plea in SC seeking review …

Convicts' lawyer mocked me, said hanging postponed till eternity: Nirbhaya's mother
4 years, 11 months ago

Convicts' lawyer mocked me, said hanging postponed till eternity: Nirbhaya's mother

India Today  

Soon after a local court in Delhi postponed the hanging of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi broke down outside the court and said her hopes have been dashed. "Mujrimom ke vakeel AP Singh ne mujhe aaj anguli dikha kar challenge kiya ki ye faasi ab anant kaal tak tal gayi hai," Nirbhaya's …

No hanging tomorrow: Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya case convicts
4 years, 11 months ago

No hanging tomorrow: Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya case convicts

India Today  

A Delhi court on Friday approved the plea filed by death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case convicts, seeking a stay on their execution on February 1. Advocate AP Singh, representing the convicts -- Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar -- has urged the court to adjourn the executions "sine die" as Vinay's mercy plea before the president …

2012 Delhi gangrape: SC rejects curative plea of death row convict Akshay Singh; application seeking stay on execution also dismissed
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: SC rejects curative plea of death row convict Akshay Singh; application seeking stay on execution also dismissed

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed the curative petition of one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case saying “no case is made out”. The four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case arwe scheduled to be hanged on 1 February. Akshay had filed curative plea in the …

Lawyer of 2012 Delhi gangrape death row convicts files plea seeking stay on 1 Feb executions, claims all four can't be hanged till legal remedies run out
4 years, 11 months ago

Lawyer of 2012 Delhi gangrape death row convicts files plea seeking stay on 1 Feb executions, claims all four can't be hanged till legal remedies run out

Firstpost  

Also on Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear the curative petition of another convict in the Delhi gangrape case, Akshay Thakur, who is seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment. The advocate of the death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case on Thursday moved a Delhi court seeking a stay on their executions scheduled …

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case: Supreme Court set to hear curative petition of death row convict Akshay Thakur today
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case: Supreme Court set to hear curative petition of death row convict Akshay Thakur today

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the curative petition of one of the four 2012 Delhi gang-rape death row convicts, Akshay Thakur who is seeking commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment. New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the curative petition of one of the four 2012 Delhi gang-rape death row convicts, Akshay Thakur who …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: SC to hear on 20 Jan convict Pawan Kumar Gupta's plea against HC order rejecting his juvenility claim
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: SC to hear on 20 Jan convict Pawan Kumar Gupta's plea against HC order rejecting his juvenility claim

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court will hear on 20 January a plea of a death row convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case against a Delhi High Court order dismissing his claim of being a juvenile at the time of the commission of the offence New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on 20 January a plea of a death …

Nirbhaya case: Bar Council issues notice to AP Singh for not appearing before court
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Bar Council issues notice to AP Singh for not appearing before court

India TV News  

Bar Council of Delhi on Saturday issued notice to AP Singh, counsel for three Nirbhaya convicts. Recently, Delhi High Court asked BCD to take action and also imposed Rs 25000 fine on Singh, who allegedly didnt appear before Court despite communication. Meanwhile, a Delhi court has issued fresh death warrants for all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Patiala House court says hanging to now take place on 1 Feb; Pawan Gupta moves SC, claims he was minor at time of crime
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Patiala House court says hanging to now take place on 1 Feb; Pawan Gupta moves SC, claims he was minor at time of crime

Firstpost  

A Delhi court has announced the second death warrant for the four convicts of the 2012 gangrape and murder case on Friday, scheduling the execution for 1 February at 6 am, reports said. A Delhi court has announced the second death warrant for the four convicts of the 2012 gangrape and murder case on Friday, scheduling their hanging for 1 …

BJP, AAP playing politics, hanging of convicts ‘deliberately’ delayed: Dec 16 gang rape victim’s kin
4 years, 11 months ago

BJP, AAP playing politics, hanging of convicts ‘deliberately’ delayed: Dec 16 gang rape victim’s kin

Hindustan Times  

Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi on Friday accused BJP and AAP of playing politics and alleged that the hanging of convicts of 2012 gang-rape case which was scheduled to take place on January 22, is being deliberately postponed. Later, Deputy Chief Minister and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia hit back at BJP and said ‘Give us Delhi Police and law-and-order responsibility …

Tihar authorities shift convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape case to jail number 3 where hanging is scheduled to take place on 22 Jan
4 years, 11 months ago

Tihar authorities shift convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape case to jail number 3 where hanging is scheduled to take place on 22 Jan

Firstpost  

All the four death-row convicts in the 2012 gang rape and murder case were shifted on Thursday to Tihar prison complex’s jail number three where their hanging is set to take place, a jail official said. New Delhi: All the four death-row convicts in the 2012 gang rape and murder case were shifted on Thursday to Tihar prison complex’s jail …

Delhi court directs Tihar jail to file status report on scheduled execution of convicts in 2012 gangrape case by tomorrow
4 years, 11 months ago

Delhi court directs Tihar jail to file status report on scheduled execution of convicts in 2012 gangrape case by tomorrow

Firstpost  

A Delhi court on Thursday directed Tihar jail authorities to file a proper report by Friday about the status of scheduled execution of convicts in the 2012 gangrape and murder case. New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday directed Tihar jail authorities to file a proper report by Friday about the status of scheduled execution of convicts in the 2012 …

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