Nirbhaya, the woman who was brutally raped on December 16, 2012, got justice after eight years when on March 20, 2020, all her rapists were executed in Tihar jail
However, over seven years and numerous women's safety campaigns later, not much has changed at the bus stop and its vicinity where darkness looms large everyday after sunset
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.
From the 16 December 2012 gangrape and murder incident to a last-minute courtroom drama and execution of the convicts, here's a chronology of events in the Nirbhaya case
In a sign of the public outrage over the case that had shaken the conscience of an entire nation, several people had gathered outside the Tihar jail in the wee hours on Friday to welcome the hanging
The bench said pendency of proceedings, initiated by the convicts or involving them at various fora is untenable in law as a ground for staying execution
A bench comprising justices Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula said there has been gross delay in filing mercy plea and requested the counsel appearing for the convicts to present a substantial legal point
The court was informed by the public prosecutor that second mercy pleas of Akshay and Pawan, were rejected on the ground that the first such plea was entertained and considered on merit.
Three of the four convicts had on Wednesday moved a Delhi court seeking stay on their death penalty, saying the second mercy plea of one of them was still pending.
