2012 Delhi Gang Rape
-
12 years of Nirbhaya: How safe are women in India today, list of regulations to protect them
Explainers | Dec 16, 2024, 12:53 PM ISTThe 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.
-
Nirbhaya case: Convict Vinay Sharma now approaches LG, wants death sentence to be commuted
India | Mar 09, 2020, 04:53 PM ISTVinay 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
-
Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma hurts himself in Tihar jail cell
India | Feb 20, 2020, 12:21 PM ISTOne 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.
-
Nirbhaya: SC defers hearing on Centre's plea for separate execution, asks convicts to file replies
India | Feb 13, 2020, 01:15 PM ISTThe 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.
-
Complaint against Nirbhaya convicts' lawyer in Bar Council
India | Jan 08, 2020, 05:21 PM ISTBar 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.
-
Seven years on, bus stop from where Nirbhaya boarded bus still a dark spot
India | Jan 07, 2020, 06:28 PM ISTOn 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.
-
My daughter has got justice: Nirbhaya's mother on death warrant of all 4 convicts
India | Jan 07, 2020, 05:36 PM ISTThe 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.
-
Nirbhaya gangrape-murder convict's review plea in SC today
India | Dec 17, 2019, 11:22 AM ISTThe 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.
-
After Delhi govt, Home Ministry rejects Nirbhaya gang-rape convict's mercy plea
India | Dec 06, 2019, 02:57 PM ISTThe 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.
-
Nirbhaya death anniversary: India remembers its 'fearless daughter' six years after incident that shamed us
India | Dec 16, 2018, 12:59 PM ISTThe 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 verdict: Injustice has been done to 'children', says counsel of convicts
India | Jul 09, 2018, 04:48 PM ISTNirbhaya 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.
-
Nirbhaya case: SC verdict on review pleas of three out of four convicts likely today
News | Jul 09, 2018, 02:23 PM ISTThree 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
News | Jul 09, 2018, 08:07 AM ISTNirbhaya case: Supreme Court to pronounce verdict today on review petitions of three convicts