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

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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 February at 6 am, reports said. While President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the plea on Friday, another convict, Pawan Gupta, moved the Supreme Court pleading that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime, for which the four convicts have been awarded a death sentence. Regarding the rejection of Singh’s plea for mercy, Public Prosecutor Irfan Ahmed informed a Patiala House sessions court that the plea had been rejected and sought new date and time for the execution.

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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 | Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder
1 year, 2 months ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder case | Delhi court convicts 4 for 2008 murder

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted four men for the murder of 25-year-old journalist Soumya Vishwanathan and offences under the MCOCA. The fifth accused Ajay Sethi was convicted under IPC Section 411 along with the stringent MCOCA provisions for conspiring to abetting, aiding in, or knowingly facilitating organised crime and for receiving proceeds of organised crime. Seeks speedy trial After …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Convict Perarivalan's mother urges CM Stalin for parole on medical grounds
3 years, 7 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Convict Perarivalan's mother urges CM Stalin for parole on medical grounds

India Today  

Arputhammal, the mother of life convict AG Perarivalan in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has written to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, requesting him to allow her son to walk out of jail for some days in the wake of the pandemic situation. There have been multiple appeals made for the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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: 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 — …

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 …

Delhi gangrape case: Mukesh Singh files fresh curative petition in SC
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi gangrape case: Mukesh Singh files fresh curative petition in SC

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: One of the death row convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, Mukesh Singh, on Friday moved the Supreme Court with a fresh curative petition challenging his execution order He alleged that the sessions court-appointed amicus curie Vrinda Grover had forced him to sign the previous curative petition which was later dismissed. The petition, filed by advocate …

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 …

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case Convicts To Be Hanged On March 20 At 6 AM; Fresh Death Warrant Issued
4 years, 10 months ago

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case Convicts To Be Hanged On March 20 At 6 AM; Fresh Death Warrant Issued

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Thursday issued fresh death warrant in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case for the execution of death sentences by hanging by the neck of four convicts on March 20 at 6 M."It is hereby directed that convicts will now be hanged by neck till death on March 20, 6am", Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana of …

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 …

Delhi govt moves court seeking fresh date for execution of 4 Nirbhaya case convicts
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi govt moves court seeking fresh date for execution of 4 Nirbhaya case convicts

India TV News  

The Delhi government on Wednesday moved a city court seeking fresh date for the execution of four Nirbhaya case convicts. President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, a Home Ministry official said earlier in the day. The trial …

President rejects 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Pawan Gupta’s mercy petition; all legal remedies available to perpetrators exhausted
4 years, 10 months ago

President rejects 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Pawan Gupta’s mercy petition; all legal remedies available to perpetrators exhausted

Firstpost  

President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and …

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: Delhi govt recommends rejecting mercy plea of convict Pawan Gupta
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Delhi govt recommends rejecting mercy plea of convict Pawan Gupta

India TV News  

Delhi government on Monday recommended rejecting the mercy petition of one of death row convicts -- Pawan Gupta, in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. "The Delhi government has recommended rejecting mercy petition of Pawan Gupta. A Delhi court on Monday deferred till further order the hanging of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape …

No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3, court stays execution for now
4 years, 10 months ago

No hanging for Nirbhaya convicts on March 3, court stays execution for now

India TV News  

Convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case will not be hanged tomorrow. The convicts -- Mukesh Singh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Kumar Singh, and Pawan Gupta -- were scheduled to be hanged on March 3 at 6 AM. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana said the death sentence cannot be executed pending disposal of mercy petition of convict Pawan Gupta. It …

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Stays Execution Of All Convicts Until Further Orders As Pawan Files Mercy Petition [Read Order]
4 years, 10 months ago

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Stays Execution Of All Convicts Until Further Orders As Pawan Files Mercy Petition [Read Order]

Live Law  

The last moment mercy petition filed by Nirbhaya case convict Pawan Kumar Gupta has resulted in the postponement of the execution of death sentences of all convicts in the Nirbhaya case until further orders, which was otherwise scheduled to take place tomorrow at 6 AM.The new development of Pawan's mercy petition persuaded Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana of Patiala House …

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 …

[Breaking] SC Dismisses Curative Plea Of Nirbhaya Convict Pawan Gupta
4 years, 10 months ago

[Breaking] SC Dismisses Curative Plea Of Nirbhaya Convict Pawan Gupta

Live Law  

A day before the scheduled execution of death warrant in the Nirbhaya case, a 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the curative petition filed by convict Pawan Kumar Gupta seeking commutation of death sentence.The bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Narima, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan held that no ground was made out …

Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court dismisses curative plea of convict Pawan Gupta
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court dismisses curative plea of convict Pawan Gupta

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the curative petition filed by Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. A five-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana, which considered the curative plea in-chamber, also rejected Pawan's application seeking stay on the execution of death sentence which is scheduled for Tuesday. The …

Nirbhaya case: No execution on March 3, date postponed again
4 years, 10 months 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 …

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 …

Nirbhaya case: Convicts move court seeking stay on execution, Tihar asked to respond by Monday
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya case: Convicts move court seeking stay on execution, Tihar asked to respond by Monday

India TV News  

Two of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on Saturday moved a Delhi court seeking stay on the execution of the death warrants, scheduled for March 3. Additional Session Judge Dharmender Rana issued notice to Tihar Jail authorities on the pleas moved of Akshay Singh and Pawan Kumar Gupta, directing the officials to …

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 …

Nirbhaya Case: Convict Pawan Gupta files curative petition asking commutation of death sentence
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya Case: Convict Pawan Gupta files curative petition asking commutation of death sentence

India TV News  

Nirbhaya Case: Fourth convict in Nirbhaya gangrape case Pawan Gupta has filed a curative petition before Supreme Court of India. The four convicts -- Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar -- in the Nirbhaya case are yet to exhaust all legal remedies. Earlier, the top court dismissed separate pleas filed by Mukesh and Vinay against …

Nirbhaya Case: Plea For Separate Executions Of Death Row Convicts Deferred To 5th March
4 years, 10 months 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: 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 case: Hanging on
4 years, 10 months ago

Nirbhaya gang rape case: Hanging on

The Hindu  

ON the afternoon of February 2, a Sunday, the Delhi High Court opened its gates unusually to facilitate the hearing of the criminal revision petitions filed by the Centre against the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case. Among the convicts, Pawan Gupta had not yet filed his curative petition and mercy petition after the dismissal of his …

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 …

SC Issues Order Prescribing Fixed Timelines For Listing Of Death Penalty Criminal Appeals [Read Order]
4 years, 11 months ago

SC Issues Order Prescribing Fixed Timelines For Listing Of Death Penalty Criminal Appeals [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Registry has released an Office Order laying down timelines and guidelines for listing of Criminal Appeals involving Death Penalty. The following are the prescribed Guidelines that have been formulated: - 1) In matters where Death Penalty has been upheld/confirmed and the Supreme Court has granted leave, the Appeal shall be listed not later than Six Months before …

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder: SC reserves order for Friday on convict Vinay Sharma's plea challenging rejection of mercy petition
4 years, 11 months ago

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder: SC reserves order for Friday on convict Vinay Sharma's plea challenging rejection of mercy petition

Firstpost  

A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan, AS Bopanna said court will pass orders on Friday at 2 pm on Sharma’s plea New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved order for Friday on 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case convict Vinay Sharma’s plea challenging rejection of his mercy petition by the President alleging that it was done …

Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Adjourns Hearing Of Plea For Fresh Death Warrant Till February 17
4 years, 11 months ago

Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Adjourns Hearing Of Plea For Fresh Death Warrant Till February 17

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of the petition seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape murder case unitl February 17.This is taking note of fact that the Supreme Court is set to pronounce judgment in convict Vinay Sharma's petition against rejection of mercy petition tomorrow. A Delhi Court on …

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