Nirbhaya

She also demanded punishment for all those involved in the case and voiced concern for women's safety

Delhi has a unique situation where the police report to the central government rather than the state government

The gap between allocation and actual spending by the ministry of women and child development on empowerment and protection of women has been rising for the last six years

A total of 1,023 fast-track courts are financially supported under the Nirbhaya Fund to provide assistance to victims of sexual abuse, Union Minister Smriti Irani said

Nirbhaya rape convicts were were hanged to death on Friday at 5.30 am in New Delhi's Tihar Jail.

Under the scheme, a helpline with a common number across the country, specifically for women, will link with the OSCs to provide aid to women in distress.

The petition claimed that the convicts have been treated as "guinea pigs" and have been falsely implicated in the case and it urged the ICJ to order urgent probe into the matter

The attack on December 16, 2012 prompted India to enact tough new laws against sexual violence

The ministry will forward the petition to President Ram Nath Kovind for his consideration and decision

A three-judge bench headed by Justice R Banumathi said that expeditious disposal of mercy plea by the President doesn't mean non-application of mind by him

The petition has been filed by convict Mukesh Kumar whose mercy plea was dismissed by President Ram Nath Kovind on January 17

Pawan Kumar Gupta's plea will be heard by a bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and A S Bopanna

Nagaland and Sikkim have reported such a low rate of crimes against women that their contribution to the all-India figure is zero

After a 30-minute hearing, the judge informed the four convicts via video conference about Wednesday's proceedings.

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court will hear a review plea filed by one of the four convicts in the case tomorrow

The apex court had on July 9 last year dismissed the review pleas filed by the other three convicts -- Mukesh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma -- in the case, saying no grounds have been made by them

Nirbhaya's father welcomed the encounter and said the family's wait for justice ended early

The Centre had created Nirbhaya Fund with a Rs 1000 crore corpus in its 2013 Union Budget

The main question is when the death penalty will be executed, public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said