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Delhi court defers hanging of 4 Nirbhaya case convicts till further orders

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

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court fixes March 20 for execution of four convicts

The death row convicts are: Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31)

Four Nirbhaya convicts will now be hanged on March 3; fresh warrant issued

The court was hearing the applications by Nirbhaya's parents and the Delhi government, seeking fresh death warrants for the convicts

Death penalty up by 53% in 2018, but most rape cases stuck at trial: Data

India has carried out four executions since 2004, the last having been in 2015

Nirbhaya rape case: Delhi court postpones hanging of death row convicts

Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar (31) were scheduled to be hanged on February 1 at 6 am

SC rejects Delhi rape case convict's appeal against rejection of mercy plea

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

Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court to hear death row convict's petition tomorrow

A Delhi court has issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will be executed on February 1 at 6 am.

Nirbhaya case: Court rejects convicts' lawyer's plea seeking Tihar papers

The public prosecutor, appearing for the Delhi Police, told the court that Tihar jail authorities have supplied all the relevant documents sought by the lawyer of the death row convicts in the case

Nirbhaya rape case: SC rejects death row convict's plea claiming juvenility

A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea of convict Pawan Kumar Gupta and upheld the Delhi High Court verdict.

Give us Delhi police for 2 days, we will hang Nirbhaya convicts: Sisodia

The four rapists were to be hanged on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar jail. A Delhi court had issued their death warrants on January 7

President rejects Nirbhaya case convict Mukesh Singh's mercy petition

Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, had filed the mercy petition a few days ago

Nirbhaya convicts cannot be hanged on Jan 22: Delhi govt tells high court

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday dismissed the curative pleas of Mukesh and Vinay

Assam, and not Delhi leads in rate of crimes against women: NCRB data

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

Nirbhaya convict files review petition, seeks commutation of death sentence

The apex court had on May 5, 2017, upheld the death sentence of all the four convicts in the brutal December 16 gangrape and murder case.

Govt has approved projects worth Rs 7000 cr under Nirbhaya fund: Smriti

The minister added that anti-trafficking units to protect women and children have also been funded

Nirbhaya case: SC confirms death sentence, but no warrant for now

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

Nirbhaya case: CJI Bobde recuses from hearing convict penalty review plea

The CJI said one of his relatives had earlier appeared on behalf of the victim's mother in the case and observed that it would be appropriate that some other bench hear the review plea at 10:30 am.

Rape as a tamasha

In India, rape as an issue remains hostage to social and political contestations that ricochet between high-profile righteous indignation and spurious Bollywood-style anguish

Nirbhaya case convicts seek withdrawal of 7-day deadline to file mercy plea

The jail authorities had informed the convicts that they had exhausted all legal remedies and were only left with the provision of filing a mercy petition against the death sentence

Nirbhaya case: SC reserves order on plea seeking to review death penalty

Two of the four condemned convicts sought review of its 2017 verdict upholding death penalty awarded to them in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case