The 2012 Delhi gang rape case led to the Criminal Law (Amendment) act 2013, usually known as the Nirbhaya Act, which introduced major reforms including stricter punishments for sexual crimes, death penalty for cases of extreme brutality.
Vinay Sharma, a death row convict in the gangrape and murder of a paramedical student in 2012, on Monday approached the Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor’s office demanding that his death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment
One of the death row convicts of 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, Vinay Sharma attempted to hurt himself by banging his head against a wall in Tihar jail cell, on February 16. All the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case will be hanged on March 3 at 6 am.
The Supreme Court deferred the hearing on Centre's plea seeking separate execution of four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case to Friday and asked the convicts to file their counter replies by then.
Bar Council of Delhi Chairman K.C. Mittal confirmed that the complaint referred by Justice Suresh Kait against A.P. Singh will be taken up in the next meeting which is on January 17.
On Tuesday, a Delhi court announced that the four men convicted in her gangrape and murder will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am, putting the spotlight back on the bus stand where the shadows are deep and dark.
The Delhi court on Tuesday ordered death warrant against all four convicts in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya Gang rape and murder case. All the four convicts will be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail. Commenting on Delhi court's execution order, Asha Devi, Nirbhaya's mother said the order will reinforce faith in courts.
The 23-year-old paramedical student was gang-raped in a moving bus and brutally murdered by six persons on the night of December 16, 2012. Out of the six, one was a minor and appeared before a juvenile justice court, while another accused had committed suicide in Tihar jail.
The Union Home Ministry on Friday rejected the mercy plea of horrific 2012 Delhi gangrape convict. The Union Home Ministry sent to President Ram Nath Kovind the recommendation of the Delhi government rejecting the mercy plea of one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case.
The brutal and inhumane incident triggered outrage all across the country and sparked a new debate about women's safety in India and resulted in strict changes to the country's rape laws which now allows for the death penalty in some rape cases.
Nirbhaya rape case: “We knew that review petition will be dismissed. But what next? So much time has gone by & threat to women have gone up in this span. I believe sooner they're hanged, better it is,” said Badrinath Singh, father of the victim.
Three out of four convicts were sent to death row in the case of gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student on December 16, 2012. One of the accused had allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar jail.
Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court to pronounce verdict today on review petitions of three convicts
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