New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s father on Saturday said senior lawyer Indira Jaising should be “ashamed” of suggesting pardon for the four death row convicts in his daughter’s gangrape case and said his family isn’t as “large-hearted” as Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. He also demanded an apology from Jaising, who is known for her stand against capital…
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Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court rejects review plea of rape convict Akshay Kumar Singh
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the review petition filed by Akshay Kumar Singh in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. Akshay Singh is one of six accused in the case. Of the total, prime accused Ram Singh had committed suicide in the Tihar jail during the trial of the case. Another accused in the matter was a minor and had appeared before a juvenile justice court.
7th anniversary of Nirbhaya case: A look at death penalties in India
As calls for hanging the rapists intensifies on the 7th anniversary of the gruesome Nirbhaya rape-and-murder case, there is a need to have a look at India’s record on death penalties to convicts and their execution. The Supreme court, which had on July 9 last year, dismissed the review pleas filed by three convicts in the case, is scheduled to hear a review of plea of one of the death-row convicts on December 17.
Nirbhaya Case: Buxar Central Jail Prisoners Preparing Hanging Ropes For Convicts’ Execution?
New Delhi: Amid fast-paced developments in recent days in connection with the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case, now it is being reported that the hanging ropes, purportedly for the execution for the four convicts on death row, are being prepared by some of the convicted prisoners in Bihar’s Buxar central jail. According to reports, a…
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