2012 Delhi gangrape case: Four convicts to be hanged at 7 am on 22 Jan, rules Delhi court; will file curative plea in SC, says lawyer
5 years ago

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Four convicts to be hanged at 7 am on 22 Jan, rules Delhi court; will file curative plea in SC, says lawyer

Firstpost  

A Delhi Court Monday issued death warrants against four death row convicts in the sensational 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case and has set 22 January as the date to carry out the sentence The four death row convicts in the brutal 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case will be hanged at 7 am on 22 January, a Delhi court has ruled on Monday. Earlier this week, the court had reserved order on issuing of death warrants against the four death row convicts. In September 2013, a fast track trial court awarded death sentence to the four adults accused in the case and referred the case to the Delhi High Court for confirmation of death sentence. Last month, a Delhi court had directed Tihar jail authorities to seek a response from the four death row convicts in the case whether they are filing mercy pleas against their executions with the President of India.

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SC Gives Centre 4 Weeks to Decide on Rajoana's Mercy Petition
1 month, 3 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 …

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday put on hold its order directing 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. Balwant Singh Rajoana is convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant …

Supreme Court Requests President To Decide Death Row Convict Balwant Singh's Mercy Petition In 2 Weeks
1 month, 4 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 …

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions
2 months ago

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ordered release of a murder convict serving life imprisonment 26 years after his incarceration by quashing the decision of Sentence Review Board rejecting his plea for premature release by calling it arbitrary, irrational and illogical.Referring to various scholars, Justice Anish Dayal underscored that SRB procedures require “better compliance and. The Delhi High Court has ordered …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: Supreme Court seeks reply of convicts on Delhi Police’s pleas against bail
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: SC to hear DP's SLP challenging bail to four convicts on July 8
6 months, 1 week ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: SC to hear DP's SLP challenging bail to four convicts on July 8

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI : On July 8, the Supreme Court will hear Delhi Police’s Special Leave Petition challenging the bail granted by Delhi HC to four life convicts in the 2008 TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case. Earlier on April 22, 2024, a bench led by Justice Trivedi had also issued notice to Delhi police and the four convicts -- Ravi …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: The story so far
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case: The story so far

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on April 22 issued notice in a petition filed by Madhavi Vishwanathan, mother of murdered television journalist Soumya Vishwanathan, against the bail granted to four men convicted in the case. In February, the Delhi High Court granted bail to convicts — Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik and Ajay Kumar during the pendency of their appeals against …

Four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case granted bail by Delhi HC
11 months ago

Four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case granted bail by Delhi HC

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to four convicts serving life imprisonment for the murder of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan. A special court here had on November 26, 2023 awarded life imprisonment to the four men and three years in jail to another for receiving the stolen belongings. soumyaA trial court had awarded the death penalty to Kapoor …

Court convicts 4 for 2008 murder that rocked Delhi
1 year, 2 months ago

Court convicts 4 for 2008 murder that rocked Delhi

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted four people for killing journalist Soumya Vishwanathan 15 years ago, bringing the curtain down on a gruesome saga that sent shock waves through the Capital and cemented Delhi’s unsavoury reputation as a city unsafe for women. Additional sessions judge Ravindra Kumar Pandey held four of the five accused — Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Ajay …

Custodial Death Of 26-Yr-Old: Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction, 10 Years Sentence Of Uttar Pradesh Cops In 2006 Case
1 year, 6 months ago

Custodial Death Of 26-Yr-Old: Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction, 10 Years Sentence Of Uttar Pradesh Cops In 2006 Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court today upheld the conviction and 10 years of sentence awarded to five cops of the Uttar Pradesh Police over custodial torture resulting in death of a young 26-years-old man in 2006. A division bench of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Anish Dayal dismissed the appeals moved by the five police officials and upheld the trial court …

Tihar murder: 6 accused to be in Delhi Police custody till May 15
1 year, 8 months ago

Tihar murder: 6 accused to be in Delhi Police custody till May 15

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The matter pertains to gangster Tillu Tajpuria’s brutal premeditated killing in the high-security Tihar Jail on May 2 by members of a rival gang. A Delhi court on Friday extended till May 15 the police custody of six people accused of killing jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuria. Delhi Police had sought three days’ extension of custody of the six …

Explained: How India saw the highest number of death penalties in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: How India saw the highest number of death penalties in 2022

Firstpost  

According to the report ‘Death Penalty in India, Annual Statistics Report, 2022,’ trial courts across India imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, the most in a single year in the last two decades New Delhi: Trial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a …

165 Death Sentences Awarded By Trial Courts In 2022, Highest Ever In A Year Since 2000 : Project 39A Report
1 year, 11 months ago

165 Death Sentences Awarded By Trial Courts In 2022, Highest Ever In A Year Since 2000 : Project 39A Report

Live Law  

In 2022, trial courts imposed the largest number of death sentences in a single year since 2000 while the death row population was the highest it has been since 2004. Overview of Death Sentences In 2022, trial courts imposed death sentences on 165 persons - the largest number of death sentences imposed in a single year in over two decades …

On 2012 gang rape-murder, Delhi to challenge SC order on release of 3 accused
2 years, 1 month ago

On 2012 gang rape-murder, Delhi to challenge SC order on release of 3 accused

Hindustan Times  

Days after the Supreme Court had ordered release of three men - sentenced to death - in the 2012 Chhawla gang rape-murder case, the Delhi government is set to challenge the order. Earlier this month, a three-judge Supreme Court bench - headed by former Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit - had announced the acquittal of the accused. The …

Why India needs a rethink before expanding scope of death penalty
2 years, 2 months ago

Why India needs a rethink before expanding scope of death penalty

Firstpost  

It is crystal clear the graph of number of death sentences dips amazingly as the cases get referred up Put yourself in the shoes of a rape and murder victim’s parents. But while the Delhi High Court had given the death punishment calling the accused “predators”, the Supreme Court exonerated all three defendants for the 2012 rape and murder of …

2012 Chhawla rape case: SC acquits 3 men who were sentenced death penalty by Delhi court
2 years, 2 months ago

2012 Chhawla rape case: SC acquits 3 men who were sentenced death penalty by Delhi court

India TV News  

2012 Chhawla rape case: The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death for the gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Delhi's Chhawla area in 2012. In 2014, a trial court awarded the death penalty to the three accused, terming the case “rarest-of-rare”. When she didn't return home, her parents lodged a missing person report, the …

Beant Singh Case: SC Asks Centre To Decide On Commutation Of Death Penalty To Balwant Rajoana In 2 Months
2 years, 8 months ago

Beant Singh Case: SC Asks Centre To Decide On Commutation Of Death Penalty To Balwant Rajoana In 2 Months

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Union government to take a decision within two weeks on granting pardon to Balwant Singh Rajoana, who has been awarded death sentence for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995. A bench headed by Justice Uday Umesh Lalit stated that the pendency of appeals of other co-convicts …

Calcutta High Court To Consider Bail For Convicts Languishing In Jail For 14 Yrs Amid Pendency Of Their Appeals
2 years, 9 months ago

Calcutta High Court To Consider Bail For Convicts Languishing In Jail For 14 Yrs Amid Pendency Of Their Appeals

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Registrar of the High Court to prepare a list of appeals where the appellants are in jail for 14 years or more and list those matters before the Court for consideration of bail within 2 weeks. A Bench comprising Justice Bivas Pattanayak and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the Supreme Court in …

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 …

Issewal gangrape: Life term till death to five, juvenile gets 20-year RI
2 years, 10 months ago

Issewal gangrape: Life term till death to five, juvenile gets 20-year RI

Hindustan Times  

Equating the 2019 Issewal gangrape to the infamous Nirbhaya case of 2012, a Ludhiana court on Friday sentenced five convicts to life imprisonment till death while sending the sixth accused, who was a 17-year-old juvenile at the time of the crime, to 20-year rigorous imprisonment. The Ludhiana court equated the 2019 Issewal gangrape to the infamous Nirbhaya case of 2012 …

Shakti Mills gang-rape case 2013 Bombay High court sets aside death sentence sends life imprisonment
3 years, 1 month ago

Shakti Mills gang-rape case 2013 Bombay High court sets aside death sentence sends life imprisonment

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Bombay High Court gave its final verdict in the 2013 Shakti Mills gang-rape case. The Bombay High Court was hearing a petition by the state government for the approval of the death penalty of the three convicts in the case. On 4 April 2014, the Mumbai Sessions Court had sentenced the three convicts Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali, …

Supreme Court Directs 2674 Prisoners In Delhi Released On Interim Bail To Surrender Within 15 Days In View Of Improving COVID-19 Situation
3 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court Directs 2674 Prisoners In Delhi Released On Interim Bail To Surrender Within 15 Days In View Of Improving COVID-19 Situation

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed 2674 prisoners of Delhi jails, who had been granted interim bail by trial courts and the Delhi High Court, to surrender within 15 days from March 1 in view of the improving COVID-19 situation. "In view of the improving situation, we direct 2318 prisoners who were granted interim bail by trial courts and 356 …

'Last chance': Supreme Court gives Centre two weeks to decide on Beant Singh killer's mercy plea
3 years, 11 months ago

'Last chance': Supreme Court gives Centre two weeks to decide on Beant Singh killer's mercy plea

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday granted last chance to the Centre to decide within two weeks on Balwant S Rajoana’s plea seeking commutation of the death penalty in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination case. A bench of Chief Justice Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, “Why does government need three …

Uttar Pradesh courts gave the most number of death sentences last year
3 years, 11 months ago

Uttar Pradesh courts gave the most number of death sentences last year

Live Mint  

Trial courts in India imposed a total of 77 death sentences involving 76 prisoners in 2020, a study by Project 39a, a New-Delhi based litigation and research group, has found. Courts in Uttar Pradesh sentenced those accused in 13 cases to capital punishment, making the state the most with death sentences in India last year. The total number of death …

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 …

Delhi HC Asks Prisons Dept to Prepare Updated List of Cases Pending Against Jagtar Singh Hawara
4 years, 3 months ago

Delhi HC Asks Prisons Dept to Prepare Updated List of Cases Pending Against Jagtar Singh Hawara

News 18  

The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Department of Prisons to prepare an updated list of cases pending against Jagtar Singh Hawara, undergoing life sentence for conspiring to assassinate former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. Delhi government standing counsel Rahul Mehra, representing the Department of Prisons, submitted before Justice A J Bhambhani that as per the information available with the …

How Many Prisoners In Last 3 Years Were Not Released Within 24 Hours Of Being Granted Bail, Delhi HC Directs DG (Prisons) To Conduct Inquiry And Submit Report [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

How Many Prisoners In Last 3 Years Were Not Released Within 24 Hours Of Being Granted Bail, Delhi HC Directs DG (Prisons) To Conduct Inquiry And Submit Report [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has directed the Director General to conduct an inquiry as to on how many occasions were the prisoner not released within 24 hours of being granted bail by a competent court, for reasons not attributable to that prisoner. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has directed the DG to submit a status …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Rejects Fresh Plea By Convicts To Stay Execution Of Death Sentence
4 years, 9 months ago

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Rejects Fresh Plea By Convicts To Stay Execution Of Death Sentence

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Thursday dismissed the plea moved by Nirbhaya case convicts for staying their execution scheduled to take place tomorrow at 5. "No valid ground has been brought to my notice to justify the stay of execution of death warrants", the Court said. Therefore, I do not find any plausible reasons to suspend the execution of death sentence …

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 …

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 …

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 …

2012 Delhi gangrape: Convict Mukesh Singh seeks quashing of death penalty, claims he wasn't in Delhi on day of crime; court dismisses plea
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape: Convict Mukesh Singh seeks quashing of death penalty, claims he wasn't in Delhi on day of crime; court dismisses plea

Firstpost  

A Delhi court dismissed a petition filed by one of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder convicts — Mukesh Singh — seeking quashing of death penalty claiming that he was not in Delhi when the crime was committed New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by one of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder convicts — …

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court dismisses plea of convict Mukesh Singh seeking quashing of death penalty
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court dismisses plea of convict Mukesh Singh seeking quashing of death penalty

India TV News  

A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking quashing of his death penalty. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana dismissed Singh's plea claiming he was not in Delhi on the day of the incident. On March 5, a trial court issued fresh …

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 …

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case: SC rejects plea of convict Mukesh Singh seeking restoration of legal remedies
4 years, 9 months ago

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case: SC rejects plea of convict Mukesh Singh seeking restoration of legal remedies

Firstpost  

The convict had sought quashing of all orders passed by courts and the rejection of his mercy petition by the President since the day his curative petition was dismissed by the apex court on the ground that the earlier lawyer Vrinda Grover had misled him New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of …

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