Nirbhaya Convict Seeks SC Hearing Against Mercy Plea Rejection
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya Convict Seeks SC Hearing Against Mercy Plea Rejection

The Quint  

The warrant for execution of death sentence for the four convicts in the case has been fixed on 1 February at 6 am. Singh had moved the mercy plea after the Supreme Court dismissed his curative petition against his conviction and death sentence. The apex court had also rejected the curative petition of another death row convict Akshay Kumar. The other two convicts, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Kumar Sharma are yet to file curative petitions before the Supreme Court. Six people — Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, Ram Singh and a juvenile — were named as accused.

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28 get life term in Chandan Gupta murder case
6 days ago

28 get life term in Chandan Gupta murder case

Hindustan Times  

[email protected] Chandan Gupta A special National Investigation Agency court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to all 28 convicted persons in connection with the murder of Chandan Gupta in a communal flare-up in Kasganj during Tiranga Yatra on January 26, 2018. “The NIA court has awarded life sentences to all 28 in the Chandan Gupta murder case,” district government counsel Manoj …

SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition

Deccan Chronicle  

The Supreme Court of India has granted the central government four weeks to decide on the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict involved in the 1995 assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh. The court’s decision, issued on November 23, 2024, came after Rajoana’s legal team and advocates argued that his execution had been repeatedly delayed and that …

'Sensitive Matter' : Union Seeks More Time On Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing By 4 Weeks
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Sensitive Matter' : Union Seeks More Time On Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition; Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing By 4 Weeks

Live Law  

Specifically on Rohatgi's arguments on national security, Counsel for Punjab responded: "An affidavit was filed by the Union, wherein a national threat was stated in the affidavit that there is national threat on release of this person." However, while confirming the conviction of a co-accused Jagtar Singh Hawara, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. However, on …

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Beant Singh assassination convict Rajoana's mercy plea sensitive matter: Centre to SC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that there was sensitivity involved in the matter related to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai was hearing Rajoana's plea seeking directions to commute his …

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana Gets 3 Hour Parole To Attend Brother's Funeral

ABP News  

Rajoana was linked to the Babbar Khalsa, a militant Sikh separatist group responsible for violent activities during the insurgency in Punjab. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appearing for Rajoana termed the delay in deciding the mercy petition by President as "shocking". He pressed for an interim relief, saying that he has been in the jail for 29 years and the court …

Beant Singh Assassination: SC Urges President Murmu To Decide On Killer's Mercy Plea In 2 weeks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Beant Singh Assassination: SC Urges President Murmu To Decide On Killer's Mercy Plea In 2 weeks

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed President Droupadi Murmu's secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan requested the President to consider the plea …

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks

Live Law  

Specifically on Rohatgi's arguments on national security, Counsel for Punjab responded: "An affidavit was filed by the Union, wherein a national threat was stated in the affidavit that there is national threat on release of this person." However, while confirming the conviction of a co-accused Jagtar Singh Hawara, the High Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment. However, on …

Expedite Beant Singh's killer's mercy plea: Supreme Court to President's Office
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Expedite Beant Singh's killer's mercy plea: Supreme Court to President's Office

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered President Droupadi Murmu's office to take a decision on the mercy petition of the death-row prisoner Balwant Singh Rajoana within two weeks. The court said that it would consider the mercy petition of Rajoana if the President's office does not make a decision on it. Meanwhile, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench led …

Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court refuses interim relief for Rajoana
2 months ago

Beant Singh assassination: Supreme Court refuses interim relief for Rajoana

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant interim relief to Balwant Singh Rajoana, on death row for the assassination of the former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, without first hearing the government’s response. In May last year, the top court did not intervene in his case on the face of the Home Ministry’s conclusion that a decision …

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nithari Killings: Should Surendra Koli's Acquittal Be Reversed? Supreme Court Agrees To Hear CBI's Plea

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case. In May, the Supreme Court also agreed to hear another plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the high court's …

Nithari killings: SC agrees to hear CBI's plea against Allahabad HC order acquitting Surendra Koli
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nithari killings: SC agrees to hear CBI's plea against Allahabad HC order acquitting Surendra Koli

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a fresh plea filed by the CBI challenging the Allahabad High Court's verdict that acquitted Surendra Koli in the sensational 2006 Nithari serial killings case. The apex court had in May agreed to hear a plea filed by the father of one of the victims challenging the High Court's verdict acquitting Koli …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail
6 months ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 8 agreed to examine the pleas filed by Delhi Police challenging the high court's order granting bail to four convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A bench of Justices Bela M. Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice on the four pleas filed by Delhi …

Nithari Killings: SC Agrees to Hear Plea of Victim's Father Against Acquittal of Surendra Koli
8 months ago

Nithari Killings: SC Agrees to Hear Plea of Victim's Father Against Acquittal of Surendra Koli

News 18  

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea challenging Allahabad High Court’s order acquitting Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. On October 16, the high court pronounced verdicts on several appeals filed by Koli and Pandher, who were awarded the death penalty by the trial court. Reversing the death sentence given to Koli in 12 cases …

Narendra Dabholkar Murder : Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Accused Vikram Bhave's Bail
1 year ago

Narendra Dabholkar Murder : Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Accused Vikram Bhave's Bail

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today dismissed a challenge to a Bombay High Court judgment granting bail to accused-Vikram Bhave in the 2013 Dabholkar Murder case.A Division Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SVN Bhatti found no reason to interfere with the High Court's decision on the matter, saying adequate reasons had been given in the judgment. The Supreme Court today dismissed …

Nithari Killings: Surendra Koli, Moninder Pandher Acquitted in Multiple Cases by Allahabad HC
1 year, 2 months ago

Nithari Killings: Surendra Koli, Moninder Pandher Acquitted in Multiple Cases by Allahabad HC

News 18  

Allahabad High Court has acquitted Nithari killings case prime accused Surendra Koli in 12 cases in which he was awarded a death penalty by the trial Court. While Surendra Koli had filed an appeal against the death sentence given in 12 cases, Moninder Singh Pandher had filed an application against the punishment given in two cases. Blow to CBI The …

Pratyusha Banerjee suicide case: Court refuses to discharge actor Rahul Raj
1 year, 4 months ago

Pratyusha Banerjee suicide case: Court refuses to discharge actor Rahul Raj

Hindustan Times  

The Dindoshi sessions court on Monday rejected the discharge plea filed by actor Rahul Raj Singh who has been booked for abetment to suicide of his girlfriend and actor Pratyusha Banerjee. Pratyusha Banerjee, actor The court has scheduled the framing of charges against Singh on November 11, which will mark the beginning of the trial. Two years later, the Bangur …

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Declines To Commute Death Penalty Of Balwant Singh Rajoana, Allows Centre To Decide Mercy Petition 'When Necessary'

Live Law  

In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to commute the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana to life imprisonment on the ground of the long pendency of the mercy petition before the President of India. A three-judge bench of Justices BR Gavai, Vikram Nath, and Sanjay Karol was hearing a writ petition seeking for …

As Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free, here's a quick recap of the case
2 years, 1 month ago

As Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free, here's a quick recap of the case

India Today  

The Supreme Court has ordered the premature release of all six convicts facing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. As the landmark verdict was ordered by the top court, let’s take a recap of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. THE ASSASSINATION Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu by a …

As Ashok Gehlot Nirbhaya case remark sparks outrage, aide cites ‘data’
2 years, 5 months ago

As Ashok Gehlot Nirbhaya case remark sparks outrage, aide cites ‘data’

Hindustan Times  

After Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s remark on death penalties and rape cases - while speaking of the December 16, 2012 gangrape case - drew huge criticism, his aide on Sunday shared data to back up the statement. Alleging that Gehlot’s comment was “distorted” by the “BJP IT cell”, Shashikant Sharma, OSD to the chief minister, cited a report to …

Supreme Court Sets April 30 Deadline For Centre To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition
2 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Sets April 30 Deadline For Centre To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Petition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to take a call by April 30 with respect to the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh, who has been in jail for over 26 years for the assassination of killing former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.The bench of Justices UU Lalit, SR Bhat and PS Narasimha warned that if …

Convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case gets bail
2 years, 10 months ago

Convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case gets bail

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to A G Perarivalan who has been serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, taking note of his long incarceration of over 30 years and no history of complaint when out on parole. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai directed the convict, whose death …

[Law Student's Suicide] 'They Are Accused, Not Convicted; Will Not Be Swayed By Public Opinion': Kerala High Court Tells Prosecution
3 years ago

[Law Student's Suicide] 'They Are Accused, Not Convicted; Will Not Be Swayed By Public Opinion': Kerala High Court Tells Prosecution

Live Law  

While hearing the bail applications preferred by the husband and in-laws of a 2nd year LLB student, Mofiya Parveen, who died by suicide citing domestic abuse and dowry harassment, the Kerala High Court took a firm stand that it will not be influenced by the public opinion or media coverage of the issue. Justice Gopinath P disclosed this view when …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Transfer Of Murder Case Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
3 years, 3 months ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Transfer Of Murder Case Against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today dismissed a plea seeking transfer of the murder trial against Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh pending before special CBI judge, Panchkula. The Court was hearing the plea filed by the son of the deceased Ranjeet Singh, who sought transfer of the case to another CBI court in Punjab, Haryana, or Chandigarh The …

Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea By Jan 25, Supreme Court Asks Centre
4 years ago

Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh Rajoana's Mercy Plea By Jan 25, Supreme Court Asks Centre

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Government to submit the recommendations to the President regarding the mercy plea of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana by January 25.A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde said this while hearing a writ petition filed by Balwant Singh seeking commutation of his death penalty on the ground that his mercy petition …

Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case: Bail Pleas of Tawde, Bhave Rejected Again
4 years, 3 months ago

Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case: Bail Pleas of Tawde, Bhave Rejected Again

News 18  

A special court in Pune on Tuesday rejected the bail applications of Virendrasinh Tawde and Vikram Bhave, accused in the Dr Narendra Dabholkar murdercase. Hameed Dabholkar, son of the slain anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar, said in August this year that it was “painful” that even after seven years, the probe into his father’s murder has not reached a conclusion. Dr …

Sushant Rajput suicide case: Bihar court bins plea against Bollywood bigwigs
4 years, 6 months ago

Sushant Rajput suicide case: Bihar court bins plea against Bollywood bigwigs

India TV News  

A Bihar court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking registration of cases against Bollywood bigwigs like Salman Khan, Ekta Kapoor, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Karan Johar for allegedly abetting actor Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide, citing jurisdictional limitations. Chief Judicial Magistrate of Muzaffarpur Mukesh Kumar dismissed the petition filed by local advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha, pointing out that the matter lay …

Supreme Court rejects bail plea of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar
4 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court rejects bail plea of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar

Op India  

The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to grant any relief to 1984 anti-Sikh genocide convict and Congress leader Sajjan Kumar. “We will consider your bail application in July, not now, sorry”, a three-judge bench headed by CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde said refusing to give immediate relief to Sajjan Kumar in the matter. The last bail plea of Sajjan Kumar was also …

Nirbhaya gets justice, convicts executed despite lawyer AP Singh's delay tactics
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya gets justice, convicts executed despite lawyer AP Singh's delay tactics

Op India  

After a long wait of 7 years, Nirbhaya finally got justice. Delhi: Ambulance carrying bodies of 2012 Delhi gangrape case convicts leave from Tihar Jail complex for Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital pic.twitter.com/usDUxSSTI0 — ANI March 20, 2020 High Court Hearing On Thursday night, the Delhi High Court began hearing a plea against the Trial Court’s refusal to stay the execution …

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 …

Justice delayed but not denied, says Nirbhaya’s mother after hanging of 4 convicts
4 years, 9 months ago

Justice delayed but not denied, says Nirbhaya’s mother after hanging of 4 convicts

Live Mint  

After the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case of Nirbhaya were hanged at Tihar Jail here, Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi dedicated the day to the daughters of the country stating "justice delayed but not denied." The four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case were hanged to death at 5:30 a.m. in Delhi's Tihar …

All 4 Nirbhaya convicts hanged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail
4 years, 9 months ago

All 4 Nirbhaya convicts hanged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail

Live Mint  

The four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a Delhi woman on December 16, 2012 were hanged in the darkness of pre-dawn on Friday, ending a horrific chapter in India's long history of sexual assault that had seared the nation's soul. Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh were executed at 5.30 am for …

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 …

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]
4 years, 9 months ago

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]

Live Law  

The execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case - Mukesh Singh, Akshay Kumar Singh, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Kumar Gupta - was carried out at Tihar Jail, Delhi on Friday morning at 5. 30 AM.Though the convicts made late night attempts to stall the execution by filing a revision petition in the Delhi HC and …

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]

Live Law  

Hours before the scheduled execution, the convicts in the Nirbhaya case knocked the doors of the Supreme Court past midnight, hoping for a last minute judicial intervention to extend their lives.But the last ditch effort of the convicts met with no success, as the bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea, after a …

From bus to gallows: A timeline of events in Nirbhaya case
4 years, 9 months ago

From bus to gallows: A timeline of events in Nirbhaya case

New Indian Express  

On March 11, accused Ram Singh allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Tihar Jail. Ten days pursuant to that, a trial court convicted four others of 'grave offences', including gang-rape, unnatural offence and murder of the girl and attempt to murder her male friend. On September 13, the court awarded death penalty to all the four convicts. On May …

Nirbhaya case: From December 16, 2012 to March 20, 2020 | A timeline
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya case: From December 16, 2012 to March 20, 2020 | A timeline

India Today  

The death sentences handed out to four men, namely Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, and Pawan Gupta were executed at 5:30 am on Friday morning at Delhi's Tihar jail. All of these four men, along with two others, were convicted for the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus on the night of December 16, …

Nirbhaya convicts hanged: How the executions took place
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya convicts hanged: How the executions took place

India Today  

Delhi's Tihar jail has gone into lockdown mode ahead of the execution of the death sentences of four men convicted for the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012. 5:20 am -> With a cotton cloth on their faces and their hands tied behind their backs, the four men were marched to the area in the …

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 …

Nirbhaya convicts restless, in tears ahead of execution
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya convicts restless, in tears ahead of execution

The Hindu  

After all four convicts in Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case came to know about their hanging on Friday morning, they started sobbing and refused the evening tea on Thursday. The Tihar jail authorities held a meeting over preparations besides doing a final trial run. A Tihar jail officer said that after the convicts were informed that the Delhi court …

Breaking: Delhi HC Dismisses Late Night Plea By Nirbhaya Convicts To Stay Execution
4 years, 9 months ago

Breaking: Delhi HC Dismisses Late Night Plea By Nirbhaya Convicts To Stay Execution

Live Law  

After a special hearing which started around 10 PM, the Delhi HC on Thursday dismissed the late night petition filed by the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case seeking stay of execution scheduled to take place tomorrow at 5.30 AM. The Court was considering the revision petition filed by Nirbhaya case convicts against the order of Additional Sessions …

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 …

2012 Delhi gangrape: SC rejects convict Pawan Gupta's curative plea; convict had argued court wrongly discarded juvenility claim
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: SC rejects convict Pawan Gupta's curative plea; convict had argued court wrongly discarded juvenility claim

Firstpost  

A six-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana dismissed the plea, saying ’no case is made out' New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the curative petition filed by Pawan Gupta, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, against the dismissal of his juvenility claim. A six-judge bench headed by Justice NV …

Breaking: SC Dismisses New Petitions Filed By Nirbhaya Convicts Mukesh And Akshay
4 years, 9 months ago

Breaking: SC Dismisses New Petitions Filed By Nirbhaya Convicts Mukesh And Akshay

Live Law  

One day before the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder convicts are to be executed, two of the convicts, Mukesh and Akshay, approached the Supreme Court in a last ditch effort to defer the same. He also refered to Ram Singh's death certificate, Mukesh's medical reports and stated that the same along with his x-ray ultrasound reports were not placed before …

Lawyer of Nirbhaya rape and murder convicts call the case media trial
4 years, 9 months ago

Lawyer of Nirbhaya rape and murder convicts call the case media trial

Op India  

As only a few hours remain before the convicts in Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case are executed, unless the courts grant yet another stay, the lawyer of the convicts have not stopped trying to save their lives. Today lawyer AP Singh, who is claiming that one of the convicts Pawan Kumar Gupta was a juvenile at the time of the …

Breaking: Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Pawan Gupta's Curative Petition Against Dismissal Of Juvenility Claim [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Breaking: Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Pawan Gupta's Curative Petition Against Dismissal Of Juvenility Claim [Read Order]

Live Law  

A day before the scheduled hangings in the Nirbhaya case, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by death row convict Pawan Kumar Gupta challenging the dismissal of his claim of juvenility at the time of offence.A 6-judge bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna …

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 …

Nirbhaya's rapists to hang after seven years as Delhi HC dismisses late-night plea
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya's rapists to hang after seven years as Delhi HC dismisses late-night plea

India Today  

After seven years and three months, the four men accused of gangraping and murdering a physiotherapy intern will finally hang, the Delhi High Court ordered in a late-night hearing. DELHI HC DISMISSES PLEA, RAPS CONVICTS Hours before the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, the Delhi High Court dismissed their plea challenging the death warrant on Thursday …

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi High Rejects Mukesh's Plea Seeking His Trial To Be Declared As Invalid [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi High Rejects Mukesh's Plea Seeking His Trial To Be Declared As Invalid [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has rejected the plea moved by one of the convicts Mukesh seeking the trial court order dated 10/09/2013, wherein he was convicted for the rape and murder of Nirbhaya, to be declared as invalid on the ground of concealment of vital documents. The trial court had also asked Bar Council of India to take note of ML …

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi Court Issues Notice In Fresh Plea By Convicts For Stay On Execution
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi Court Issues Notice In Fresh Plea By Convicts For Stay On Execution

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Wednesday issued notice in a plea for stay on the execution of four convicts of the Nirbhaya rape case.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana will take up the matter tomorrow at 12 pm. The plea moved through Advocate AP Singh has sought stay on execution, which is scheduled to be carried out on March 20, on the …

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 …

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