NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the review petition challenging the death penalty given to Akshay Kumar, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case.
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Supreme Court takes note of rising rape cases, seeks status report from states, HCs
Taking suo motu cognizance on the assessment of the criminal justice system regarding sexual offences, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a reply and status report from all the states and High Courts on aspects such as investigation process, collection of evidence, recording of statement of victim and time frame for trial.
CAA has nothing to do with India’s Muslims: Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid
New Delhi: Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari has called on the people of the country to exercise restraint and keep their emotions under control while demonstrating.
Shocking Display of Police Brutality: Fact-Finding Report on AMU
The fact-finding team spoke to students in the hostels in the campus, students admitted in the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMCH), AMU security guards and faculty administrators of two residential halls in the AMU campus. A fact-finding report into events of 15-16 December 2019 at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have described it as a “shocking…
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.
SC Issues Notice To Centre On Pleas Challenging Citizenship Act; Refuses To Put A Stay On New Law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre on Wednesday over a batch of pleas challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, but has refused to put a stay on the new law.
Imran Khan On Citizenship Amendment Act: Pakistan Won’t Accept Muslim Refugees From India
Geneva: Amid the ongoing protests over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that millions of Muslims could flee India due to the curfew imposed in the territory of Kashmir and the new citizenship law, creating ‘a refugee crisis that would dwarf other crises’, news agency Reuters reported. While…
Citizenship law protests turn violent in Seelampur: 12 policemen are injured
Protests against the new citizenship law took a violent turn in northeast Delhi’s New Seelampur on Tuesday, with police being pelted with bricks and stones and two buses being vandalised. At least 12 police personnel were injured.
Opposition at President’s door: Protests echo spreading fear, ask Government to repeal Act
Amid protests against the new citizenship law, leaders of 12 Opposition parties led by Congress president Sonia Gandhi met President Ram Nath Kovind Tuesday and requested him to intervene and advise the government to immediately repeal the Act.
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‘Violent protests on CAA are unfortunate, distressing’: PM Modi
New Delhi, Dec 16: In his first reaction to the protests PM Narendra Modi has said, “violent protests on the Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate and deeply distressing”.
Jamia Protests Spill Over to BHU, AMU, TISS Mumbai, Hyd & Kolkata
The chaos at Jamia Millia University on Sunday, 15 December, has sent ripples throughout the country, with students protesting against the incident.
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.
Jharkhand Assembly Polls: Voting for fourth phase underway
Polling for the fourth phase of the five-phased Jharkhand Assembly elections began at 7 am on Monday. The polling is scheduled to be held across 15 constituencies in the state and will conclude at 3 pm at Jamua, Bagodar, Giridih, Dumri and Tundi, while for the rest of the seats, the voting will continue till 5 pm, officials of the Election Commission said.
Citizenship Amendment Bill Protests LIVE Updates:
More than 60 organizations have moved from ideological and religious lines to appeal for nationwide protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act from 19 December. On 19 December 1927, the martyrdom of freedom fighters Ashfaqulla Khan and Ramprasad Bismil is remembered. On this day in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi prevented 70,000 Muslims from migrating to Pakistan.
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