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

Delhi court stays execution of Nirbhaya convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Exactly 15 hours before they were due to be hanged, the four Nirbhaya gangrape-murder case convicts on Friday got yet another last-minute reprieve as a Delhi court deferred their execution indefinitely. In deeply distressing scenes outside the Patiala House court complex here, Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi broke down and cried after the execution of the four men convicted in the 2012 gangrape, torture and murder of her 23-year-old daughter was postponed for a second time. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it was “sad” that the convicts were “escaping the death sentence” by using legal loopholes, stressing that there was an urgent need to amend the laws to ensure hanging in cases of rape within six months. Arvind Kejriwal tweeted: “It saddens me that convicts in the Nirbhaya case are escaping the death sentence by using legal loopholes.

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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 …

Beant case: SC puts on hold its order to President’s secy on Rajoana plea
1 month, 3 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 …

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions
1 month, 4 weeks 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 …

Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam
3 months, 1 week ago

Four sentenced to death in 2014 caste-related murders in TN's Udappankulam

New Indian Express  

TIRUNELVELI: Four persons were sentenced to death, while seven others were awarded multiple life imprisonments in connection with the murders of three SC persons in Udappankulam village near Thiruvengadam in 2014. According to prosecution, 25 persons from a caste Hindu community were accused of murdering 3 scheduled caste men — Kaliraj, Venugopal and Murugan — when they were headed towards …

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 …

Rape-cum-murder case: SC stays execution of death sentence awarded to convict
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Rape-cum-murder case: SC stays execution of death sentence awarded to convict

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a 30-year-old law student in Kerala in 2016. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai passed the order while hearing the convict's plea challenging the Kerala High Court's May 20 verdict that upheld his conviction and confirmed …

Delhi excise case: SC to deliver verdict on Kejriwal's plea challenging ED arrest today
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Delhi excise case: SC to deliver verdict on Kejriwal's plea challenging ED arrest today

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver on July 12 its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. The apex court had on April 15 sought a response from the ED on Mr. Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest in the …

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 …

Bombay High Court orders premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli
9 months ago

Bombay High Court orders premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli

The Hindu  

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on April 5 gave a nod for a premature release of former mafia and gangster turned politician, Arun Gulab Gawli. A division Bench of judges comprising Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Vrushali Joshi have allowed the criminal re-petition filed by Mr. Gawli challenging rejection of his claim to be released prematurely in …

Four convicts in Soumya Vishwanathan murder case granted bail by Delhi HC
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: Four convicts sentenced to life imprisonment, fifth gets 3 years in jail
1 year, 1 month ago

Soumya Vishwanathan murder: Four convicts sentenced to life imprisonment, fifth gets 3 years in jail

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on November 25 sentenced four men to life imprisonment for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in 2008. The court sentenced Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, and Ajay Kumar to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of ₹1.25 lakh on each of them. On October 18, the court convicted Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik, and …

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 …

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 …

‘We Have Nothing To Hide’: Delhi High Court Refuses Gag Order In Criminal Contempt Case Against Litigant Seeking Death Penalty For Judge
1 year, 3 months ago

‘We Have Nothing To Hide’: Delhi High Court Refuses Gag Order In Criminal Contempt Case Against Litigant Seeking Death Penalty For Judge

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to pass a gag order in the criminal contempt proceedings initiated by it against a litigant who demanded that death penalty be imposed on a sitting judge who dismissed his pleas.As the counsel representing the State requested that the hearings in the matter be held in-camera and orders be not made public, Justice …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On NIA’s Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On NIA’s Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik In Terror Funding Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea moved by National Investigation Agency seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik who was convicted in connection with a terror funding case.A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh issued notice to Yasin Malik through the concerned Tihar Jail Superintendent and listed the matter …

NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case
1 year, 7 months ago

NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for JKLF chief Yasin Malik in terror funding case

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court here in a terror funding case. On May 24, 2022, a trial court here had awarded life imprisonment to Malik, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief, after holding him guilty for various …

‘Not Giving Capital Punishment Miscarriage of Justice’: NIA to Delhi HC, Seeking Death Penalty for Yasin Malik
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Not Giving Capital Punishment Miscarriage of Justice’: NIA to Delhi HC, Seeking Death Penalty for Yasin Malik

News 18  

The National Investigation Agency on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking a death sentence for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in the Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case. The plea stated that it was proven “beyond reasonable doubt” that the offences committed by Yasin were “ex-facie acts of external aggression, brazenly planned and executed by acts of waging war …

Tihar murder: 6 accused to be in Delhi Police custody till May 15
1 year, 7 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 …

Beant Singh assassination case: SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty
1 year, 8 months ago

Beant Singh assassination case: SC declines to commute Rajoana's death penalty

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to commute the death penalty of Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment. The top court had reserved its verdict on Rajoana's plea on March 2 after hearing the submissions of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the convict, and …

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 …

Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi murder convicts Nalini Sriharan, R P Ravichandran
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court orders release of Rajiv Gandhi murder convicts Nalini Sriharan, R P Ravichandran

Op India  

The Supreme Court of India on Friday ordered the release of Nalini Sriharan and R P Ravichandran, convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who are serving life sentences. The Supreme Court also noted that the Tamil Nadu government had also recommended the pre-mature release of Nalini Sriharan and RP Ravichandran. In 2014, the then-Tamil Nadu government led by AIADMK’s …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders premature release of all 6 convicts
2 years, 1 month ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders premature release of all 6 convicts

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered to set free all six convicts facing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The bench comprising justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna passed the order while taking into consideration the case of A G Perarivalan, another convict in the case, who was released in May this year invoking its extraordinary power under …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Supreme Court orders release of all six convicts
2 years, 1 month ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Supreme Court orders release of all six convicts

The Hindu  

November 11, 2022 01:33 pm | Updated 08:22 pm IST The Supreme Court, on November 11, ordered for the immediate release of six convicts who are serving life sentence for more than three decades in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A recent affidavit filed by Tamil Nadu, represented by advocate Joseph S. Aristotle, had agreed with the petitioners when it …

Supreme Court Orders Release Of All Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Orders Release Of All Convicts In Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the premature release of all six convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts. In the Perarivalan case, the Supreme Court held that the Governor in the matter of remission was bound by State cabinet decision. After the Supreme Court ordered the release of Perarivalan, Nalin and Ravichandran moved the Madras High Court seeking …

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 …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Nalini Sriharan moves Supreme Court seeking premature release
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Nalini Sriharan moves Supreme Court seeking premature release

Firstpost  

Nalini has challenged the 17 June order of the Madras High Court, which rejected her plea for early release, and cited the apex court judgement ordering the release of co-convict AG Perarivalan while seeking to be set free New Delhi: Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has moved the Supreme Court seeking her premature release. …

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 …

"Diabolic & Brutal": Delhi High Court Awards Imprisonment For Remainder Of Life To Three For Gang Rape & Murder Of 3-Yr-Old
2 years, 7 months ago

"Diabolic & Brutal": Delhi High Court Awards Imprisonment For Remainder Of Life To Three For Gang Rape & Murder Of 3-Yr-Old

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has awarded life sentence to three men for gang rape and murder of a three year old minor child observing that the same was done in a diabolic and brutal manner. Upholding the conviction of the three, a division bench comprising of Justice Mukta Gupta and Justice Mini Pushkarna exercised its appellate jurisdiction by awarding life …

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders release of life term convict A G Perarivalan
2 years, 7 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC orders release of life term convict A G Perarivalan

New Indian Express  

Timeline of Perarivalan case: * Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, during an election campaign at Sriperumbudur. * After 11 longs years, President rejected the mercy petitions of the three on August 12, 2011 * TN Assembly, on August 30, 2011, adopted a resolution moved by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa requesting the President to commute …

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 …

Convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case gets bail
2 years, 9 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 …

Tamil Nadu CM writes to President Kovind seeking release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM writes to President Kovind seeking release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts

India Today  

Chief minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin has written to President of India, Ramnath Kovind, seeking early release of Nalini, Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan, Jayakumar, Robert Payas and Ravichandran, who were convicted for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. CM Stalin stated that Nalini's original death sentence was commuted under Article 161 and Supreme Court commuted death sentence of …

Convict in Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case Moves Delhi HC Challenging Trial Court Verdict
4 years ago

Convict in Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case Moves Delhi HC Challenging Trial Court Verdict

News 18  

One of the convicts, a protection officer of District Child Protection Unit, in the Muzaffarpur shelter home case on Monday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and the life imprisonment awarded to him by a trial court. The trial court had on January 20 convicted 19 persons, including main accused Brajesh Thakur, in the case for various offences …

Delhi HC Asks Prisons Dept to Prepare Updated List of Cases Pending Against Jagtar Singh Hawara
4 years, 2 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 …

High Court acquits main accused in T.N. honour killing, commutes death sentence of five others
4 years, 6 months ago

High Court acquits main accused in T.N. honour killing, commutes death sentence of five others

The Hindu  

A two-member Bench of the Madras High Court on June 22 acquitted the prime accused B. Chinnasamy in the case of the brutal honour killing of a Dalit youth, V. Shankar, at Udumalpet town in Tamil Nadu on March 13, 2016, for marrying his daughter Kausalya. The High Court also set aside the death sentences of the five others and …

Nirbhaya convicts to Ajmal Kasab: This is what their last wish was before they were hanged
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya convicts to Ajmal Kasab: This is what their last wish was before they were hanged

New Indian Express  

CONVICT NAME: Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh | CRIME: Rape and Murder of 23-year-old medical student | LAST WISH/LAST MOMENTS: On the day of the hanging all the convicts were already awake as the 'fear to be hanged' did not allow them to sleep. When the jail authorities asked them to finish their routine work and …

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 …

Nirbhaya case :Human Rights activists "cry foul" after rapists are executed
4 years, 9 months ago

Nirbhaya case :Human Rights activists "cry foul" after rapists are executed

Op India  

Following the execution of the convicts involved in the brutal gangrape and murder of 23-year-old physiotherapy student in 2012 who was named “Nirbhaya” by the media, several self-proclaimed human rights activists assumed moral high ground and dubbed the death penalty handed out to the convicts as an act of revenge. #Nirbhaya https://t.co/tWHlKA2Zh9 — Mohd Mojahid March 20, 2020 Citing the …

'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 …

Death Penalty : Executions In India Post-2000 Before Nirbhaya Case
4 years, 9 months 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 …

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, …

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