Justice is not complete, says BJP
12 years, 4 months ago

Justice is not complete, says BJP

The Hindu  

Refusing to comment on speculation on the timing of the execution of Ajmal Kasab, a day before the convening of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party said it was “an issue of national importance,” but it had not yet brought closure to the families of the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The affected families have never had a chance to have closure on this matter, but even now I think that the closure has not happened.” The execution decision “should have been taken long time ago,” but even now “justice is not complete.” For, “the handlers of Kasab have not been brought to justice. ‘Sibal’s remark unfair’ She termed “unfair” Union Minister Kapil Sibal’s remark that the Congress took decisive action in the case of Kasab’s execution as compared to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government that released terrorists following the hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in December 1999. If you have a situation where a flightload of passengers who are Indian citizens being held hostage, won’t the government of the day want to save every life?” Moreover, Ms. Sitharaman said, the decision to release the terrorists was taken “after due consultations with all parties.”

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Ex Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar Convicted in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ex Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar Convicted in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case

Deccan Chronicle  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar of murder in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, declaring him part of an unlawful assembly responsible for the deaths of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who pronounced the verdict, said that Kumar, having instigated and led the mob, could face the death penalty …

5 who raped, killed Chhattisgarh teen, murdered 2 family members sentenced to death
2 months ago

5 who raped, killed Chhattisgarh teen, murdered 2 family members sentenced to death

Hindustan Times  

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1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC to hear Sajjan Kumar’s plea against sentence in July
2 months, 2 weeks ago

1984 anti-Sikh riots: SC to hear Sajjan Kumar’s plea against sentence in July

Hindustan Times  

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Two Moradabad jail officials suspended for allowing SP leaders to meet Sambhal violence accused
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Two Moradabad jail officials suspended for allowing SP leaders to meet Sambhal violence accused

Op India  

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1998 murder case of ex-Bihar Minister: Supreme Court sentences two persons to life imprisonment
5 months, 3 weeks ago

1998 murder case of ex-Bihar Minister: Supreme Court sentences two persons to life imprisonment

The Hindu  

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LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov
6 months, 2 weeks ago

LN Mishra assassination case: Delhi HC to conduct hearing on convicts' appeals in Nov

Hindustan Times  

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HC stays execution of sentence given to AAP MP Sanjay Singh
7 months ago

HC stays execution of sentence given to AAP MP Sanjay Singh

Hindustan Times  

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Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta hasn’t sought consular access, says MEA
9 months ago

Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta hasn’t sought consular access, says MEA

Hindustan Times  

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The verdict in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case | Explained
10 months, 1 week ago

The verdict in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: More than a decade after the tragic murder of rationalist Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, a special CBI Court in Pune on May 10 sentenced his assailants Sachin Prakashrao Andure and Sharad Bhausaheb Kalaskar to life imprisonment for murder and imposed a fine of ₹5 lakh. Additional Sessions Judge Prabhakar P. Jadhav observed that while the two convicts …

‘Need to have purity in politics’: Allahabad high court rejects Dhananjay Singh’s plea for suspension of sentence, grants bail
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Need to have purity in politics’: Allahabad high court rejects Dhananjay Singh’s plea for suspension of sentence, grants bail

Hindustan Times  

Observing that it is the need of the hour to have purity in politics, the Allahabad high court on Saturday rejected former MP Dhananjay Singh’s application for a stay on a Jaunpur court verdict sentencing him to seven years’ imprisonment in a case of kidnapping and extortion of a Namami Gange project manager. Dhananjay Singh and his associate Santosh Vikram …

How Mukhtar Ansari smoothly executed BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai's murder from jail
11 months, 3 weeks ago

How Mukhtar Ansari smoothly executed BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai's murder from jail

Op India  

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Kerala Court Gives Death Sentence To 15 PFI Men In 2021 BJP Leader Murder
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala Court Gives Death Sentence To 15 PFI Men In 2021 BJP Leader Murder

ABP News  

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India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman in 2002 riots
1 year, 2 months ago

India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman in 2002 riots

Associated Press  

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Aakar Patel | After Rajnath's vow, will Army give justice' to all it wronged?
1 year, 2 months ago

Aakar Patel | After Rajnath's vow, will Army give justice' to all it wronged?

Deccan Chronicle  

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Calcutta HC sets aside death sentences in 2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder
1 year, 5 months ago

Calcutta HC sets aside death sentences in 2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: A Calcutta high court division bench on Friday set aside the death sentences earlier ordered by a sessions court to three of the six convicts in the 2013 gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old college student at Kamduni village in North 24 Parganas district, a crime that triggered an uproar in West Bengal and bore strong resemblance to …

White Is Always Right: What West’s Moral Bombast on Terrorist Nijjar Tells Us - News18
1 year, 6 months ago

White Is Always Right: What West’s Moral Bombast on Terrorist Nijjar Tells Us - News18

News 18  

On July 31, 2022, a retired physician residing with his grandkids in Kabul, was seated on the balcony of his house, enjoying the morning sun. Reports in Indian and Canadian media reveal that Nijjar fled to Canada in 1998 on a forged passport in the name of ‘Ravi Sharma’, but his application for political asylum through fabricated stories of police …

Amit Shah targets Ashok Gehlot govt over law & order collapse in Rajasthan
1 year, 8 months ago

Amit Shah targets Ashok Gehlot govt over law & order collapse in Rajasthan

Op India  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today launched an unsparing attack on the Ashok Gehlot govt over the law and order situation in Rajasthan. “The Rajasthan govt has not yet taken the High Court in confidence to form a special court otherwise Kanhaiyalal’s murderers would have been hanged by now,” the Home Minister said. And they ask me what has been …

BJP MLA kidnapping & murder case: Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 yrs in jail, his brother Afzal sentenced to 4 yrs imprisonment
1 year, 10 months ago

BJP MLA kidnapping & murder case: Mukhtar Ansari gets 10 yrs in jail, his brother Afzal sentenced to 4 yrs imprisonment

Firstpost  

An MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on Saturday convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in the case of kidnapping and murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years in jail. Earlier on 18 January, Allahabad High Court dismissed the 15 March order of the Ghazipur MP/MLA Court, which allowed Ansari to be kept in a …

Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, gets 10-year jail term
1 year, 10 months ago

Mukhtar Ansari convicted in kidnapping, murder case, gets 10-year jail term

Hindustan Times  

The Ghazipur's MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case of Bharatiya Janata MLA Krishnanand Rai and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. In January, the police had registered a murder case against Mukhtar Ansari in connection to the 2001 'Usri Chatti' gang war incident. On January 18, Allahabad high …

'Mockery of administration of justice': Top IAS body on Anand Mohan's release
1 year, 11 months ago

'Mockery of administration of justice': Top IAS body on Anand Mohan's release

Hindustan Times  

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Is the conviction of Rahul Gandhi a turning point for India?
1 year, 11 months ago

Is the conviction of Rahul Gandhi a turning point for India?

Al Jazeera  

The de facto leader of India’s opposition, Rahul Gandhi, has been stripped of his seat in parliament and is facing two years in prison for allegedly defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Fourteen opposition parties have banded together to petition the Supreme Court over the issue, arguing opposition politicians are being selectively targeted by federal investigative agencies. But does a jail …

JD (U) leader acquitted, 9 others held guilty for 1993 Bihar killings
1 year, 11 months ago

JD (U) leader acquitted, 9 others held guilty for 1993 Bihar killings

Hindustan Times  

A special court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to nine people and acquitted former minister and Janata Dal or JD leader Shribhagwan Singh Kushwaha in connection with the killing of five upper caste men returning from a Bharatiya Janata Party rally in Bihar in 1993. According to the prosecution, an armed squad of the disbanded Indian People Front gunned down …

UP anti-terror court hands death penalty to convict in Gorakhnath temple attack
2 years, 1 month ago

UP anti-terror court hands death penalty to convict in Gorakhnath temple attack

Hindustan Times  

An anti-terror court in Lucknow on Monday pronounced death sentence to Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, convicted for attacking security staff at Gorakhpur's Gorakhnath temple with a sharp-edged weapon last year. Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi had attacked Gorakhnath temple security personnel with a sharp edged weapon last year. According to the FIR, the Indian Institute of Technology graduate had tried to forcibly enter …

1984 Anti-Sikh Riots : Supreme Court Seeks CBI’s Response To Former Congress Councillor Balwan Khokhar's Plea To Suspend Sentence
2 years, 2 months ago

1984 Anti-Sikh Riots : Supreme Court Seeks CBI’s Response To Former Congress Councillor Balwan Khokhar's Plea To Suspend Sentence

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, issued notice in an application filed by former Congress Councillor, Balwan Khokhar, one of the convicts in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, seeking suspension of his sentence. Kaul and Justice A.S. Oka that the petitioner has undergone more than 5 years of imprisonment, Additional Solicitor General, Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee sought permission to file a reply to …

As Rajiv Gandhi killers walk free, here's a quick recap of the case
2 years, 4 months 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 …

Govt may seek review after three Chhawla rape accused acquitted
2 years, 4 months ago

Govt may seek review after three Chhawla rape accused acquitted

Hindustan Times  

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Tuesday that he spoke to Union law minister Kiren Rijiju and assured justice for a 19-year-old rape victim who hailed from the state, a day after the Supreme Court acquitted three men sentenced to death for her 2012 gang rape and murder. “I have spoken to advocate Charu Khanna, who is handling …

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking probe into killing of a prominent Kashmiri pandit
2 years, 6 months ago

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking probe into killing of a prominent Kashmiri pandit

Firstpost  

The bench of Justices BR Gavai and CT Ravikumar refused to hear the matter saying it had not entertained a similar matter that came before it recently New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a probe into the murder of advocate Tika Lal Taploo in Kashmir valley in 1989 by terrorists. The bench of …

Nadimarg massacre: High Court reopens case of Kashmir Pandits after a decade
2 years, 7 months ago

Nadimarg massacre: High Court reopens case of Kashmir Pandits after a decade

Firstpost  

An application was filed by the prosecution seeking recall of an earlier order whereby the criminal revision petition was dismissed. The massacre of 24 Kashmiri Pandits was carried out by terrorists at Nadimarg village in Shopian district in 2003 Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has ordered the reopening of a case concerning Nadimarg massacre in which …

Rapists freed: Is this how justice ends for Indian Muslims?
2 years, 7 months ago

Rapists freed: Is this how justice ends for Indian Muslims?

Al Jazeera  

It was Independence Day — for rapists and murderers. On August 15, 11 convicts serving life terms for having committed mass murder and gang-raping Muslim women in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002 were released. From that moment, Bilkis fought against the odds — and the might of the Gujarat state government then led by current Prime Minister Narendra …

As Ashok Gehlot Nirbhaya case remark sparks outrage, aide cites ‘data’
2 years, 7 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 …

NIA court sentences Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in terror funding case
2 years, 10 months ago

NIA court sentences Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in terror funding case

Hindustan Times  

A NIA court on Wednesday sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to life imprisonment in J&K terror funding case. JKLF chief Yasin Malik was convicted by a Delhi court in a terror funding case on Thursday. The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday sought death penalty for convicted Kashmiri separatist and chief of banned Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin …

Convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case gets bail
3 years 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 …

Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings
3 years, 1 month ago

Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings

LA Times  

Nine men accused in a series of bombings in India are presented to the media in hoods in 2008. A court in India on Friday sentenced to death 38 people for a series of bombings in 2008 that left more than 50 dead and 200 wounded in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, which has a history of violent …

SC Judge Recuses from Hearing Plea by Kin of 2 BJP Workers Killed in Bengal in Poll Violence
3 years, 9 months ago

SC Judge Recuses from Hearing Plea by Kin of 2 BJP Workers Killed in Bengal in Poll Violence

News 18  

Supreme Court Judge Justice Indira Banerjee on Friday recused from hearing a plea field by kin of two BJP workers, who were killed in poll related violence on May 2 in West Bengal, seeking court monitored probe and transfer of cases to CBI or Special Investigation Team. The vacation bench, also comprising Justice MR Shah, ordered, “List the matter before …

Justice Indira Banerjee Of Supreme Court Recuses From Hearing Plea On West Bengal Post-Poll Violence
3 years, 9 months ago

Justice Indira Banerjee Of Supreme Court Recuses From Hearing Plea On West Bengal Post-Poll Violence

Live Law  

Justice Indira Banerjee of the Supreme Court on Friday recused from hearing a petition seeking CBI/SIT probe into the killings of two BJP workers during the post-poll violence which happened in West Bengal.A division Bench of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice MR Shah was hearing a writ petition filed by Biswajit Sarkar, brother of deceased BJP member Avijit Sarkar who …

BREAKING : Supreme Court Issues Notice To West Bengal Govt On Plea For CBI/SIT Probe Into Killings Of Two BJP Workers During Post-Poll Violence
3 years, 10 months ago

BREAKING : Supreme Court Issues Notice To West Bengal Govt On Plea For CBI/SIT Probe Into Killings Of Two BJP Workers During Post-Poll Violence

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a writ petition seeking SIT/CBI investigation into the killings of two BJP workers in West Bengal, allegedly by the members of Trinamool Congress on May 2, when the assembly election results were declared.The Court will consider the matter on next Tuesday.A vacation bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and BR Gavai was considering …

Patna HC Acquits Rape & Murder Accused Who Was Sentenced To Death By Trial Court [Read Judgment]
4 years, 5 months ago

Patna HC Acquits Rape & Murder Accused Who Was Sentenced To Death By Trial Court [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Patna High Court acquitted a rape and murder accused setting aside the death sentence awarded by the Trial Court.Ajit Kumar was convicted by the Trial Court under Sections 363, 366A, 120B, 302, 376 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 finding him guilty of kidnapping and raping a …

Justice eludes us, sacrilege incidents haven’t stopped in Punjab, say Behbal Kalan firing victims’ families
4 years, 5 months ago

Justice eludes us, sacrilege incidents haven’t stopped in Punjab, say Behbal Kalan firing victims’ families

Hindustan Times  

The families of Gurjeet Singh and Krishan Bhagwan Singh, who were killed in the police firing at Faridkot district’s Behbal Kalan on October 14, 2015, say justice has not been delivered to them while the incidents of sacrilege continue to happen unabated in Punjab. Gurjeet, a resident of Sarawan village and Krishan Bhagwan of Niamiwala village in the district, were …

Indian court acquits all accused in razing of Babri mosque
4 years, 5 months ago

Indian court acquits all accused in razing of Babri mosque

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An Indian court has acquitted all 32 people …

Madras High Court sets aside death sentence awarded to prime accused in 2016 Udumalpet Shankar murder case
4 years, 9 months ago

Madras High Court sets aside death sentence awarded to prime accused in 2016 Udumalpet Shankar murder case

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday acquitted B. Chinnasamy, the prime accused in the sensational 2016 ‘Udumalpet’ Shankar murder case from all charges, and set aside the death sentence imposed on him by the trial court in December 2017. The trial court awarded the death sentence to six, life to one and five years of imprisonment to one more accused …

On March 20, 2000, 36 Sikh men in Chittisinghpura, J and K, were brutally gunned down
5 years ago

On March 20, 2000, 36 Sikh men in Chittisinghpura, J and K, were brutally gunned down

Op India  

On this day, 20 years back, a phalanx of masked terrorists in military clothes had barged into the Sikh-dominated Chittisinghpora village in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and had killed 36 Sikh men in cold blood, hours before the then American President Bill Clinton’s India visit. The attackers, 15-20 in number, as per the eye-witnesses’ account, split themselves into two groups …

Death Penalty : Executions In India Post-2000 Before Nirbhaya Case
5 years ago

Death Penalty : Executions In India Post-2000 Before Nirbhaya Case

Live Law  

The execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case - Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh Thakur, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Kumar Gupta - was carried out at Tihar Jail, Delhi on Friday morning at 5. On 29 August 2012, the Supreme Court rejected his appeal and upheld the death penalty by the trial court. On 24 August …

Nirbhaya case: Convicts seek stay on execution, approach International Court of Justice
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: Convicts seek stay on execution, approach International Court of Justice

Op India  

The twists and turns in the Nirbhaya case are far from over as three of the convicts have now approached the International Court of Justice seeking stay on execution. A Delhi court on March 3 had issued a fresh death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. Earlier, the families of the Nirbhaya rape …

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

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president
5 years 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: No execution on March 3, date postponed again
5 years ago

Nirbhaya case: No execution on March 3, date postponed again

India Today  

A Delhi court has postponed the date of execution of four convicts of Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The Patiala House court was hearing the plea filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta seeking a stay execution as he has filed a mercy petition before the President on Monday. Earlier, the additional session judge had rapped the convict's lawyer for acting …

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

Nirbhaya Case: Plea For Separate Executions Of Death Row Convicts Deferred To 5th March
5 years, 1 month ago

Nirbhaya Case: Plea For Separate Executions Of Death Row Convicts Deferred To 5th March

Live Law  

A Bench comprising Justices R. Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan & Navin Sinha, has deferred the Union's plea seeking separate execution of death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya Gang Rape Case to 5th March 2020. The Ministry of Home Affairs had sought directions to execute the death row convicts separately after the Delhi High Court on 5th February 2020 had rejected …

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Repeated delays in execution of convicts incentivises vigilante justice; erodes faith in India’s criminal justice system
5 years, 1 month 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 …

Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya convicts
5 years, 1 month 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 …

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