2012 Delhi gangrape: ‘People playing with daughter’s death for politics,’ says woman’s mother

Asha Devi’s comments came after the BJP and AAP blamed each other for the delay in executing the four convicts.

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· Jan 17, 2020 · 03:25 pm

Unnao rape case: Delhi HC asks CBI to respond to Kuldeep Sengar’s plea against his conviction

The High Court gave Sengar 60 more days to deposit Rs 25 lakh as fine.

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· Jan 17, 2020 · 12:52 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape: President rejects mercy plea of one of the convicts, say reports

Convict Mukesh Singh had filed a mercy plea with President Ram Nath Kovind after the Supreme Court dismissed his curative petition against the death sentence.

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· Jan 17, 2020 · 11:49 am

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Tihar jail officials asked to file report on steps taken after mercy plea

The court was hearing a plea that sought a stay on the execution date of January 22 set by the court.

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· Jan 16, 2020 · 06:39 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape case: BJP blames AAP government’s negligence for delay in convicts’ execution

Prakash Javadekar said it took the Delhi government more than two and a half years to give notices to the accused after the Supreme Court rejected their appeal.

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· Jan 16, 2020 · 02:35 pm

Unnao rape case: Kuldeep Singh Sengar moves Delhi HC to challenge his conviction, life imprisonment

A court in Delhi had last month held the former BJP MLA guilty of raping a minor in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district in June 2017.

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· Jan 15, 2020 · 05:46 pm

Delhi gangrape: HC rejects convict’s plea, but Tihar says can’t hang till mercy petition is settled

However, the High Court allowed the convict, Mukesh Singh, to challenge the death warrant in a sessions court.

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· Jan 15, 2020 · 02:29 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convict Mukesh Singh files mercy plea before President Kovind

This came hours after the Supreme Court rejected his curative petition against the death penalty.

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· Jan 14, 2020 · 09:28 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape case: Curative pleas of two convicts dismissed by Supreme Court

The judges did not find any merit in the petitions.

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· Jan 14, 2020 · 02:58 pm

Crimes against women: Uttar Pradesh again tops list, Madhya Pradesh reported most rapes in 2018

Cruelty by husband or his relatives and assault with intent to outrage modesty constituted the major share of crimes against women, data from the NCRB showed.

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· Jan 10, 2020 · 01:13 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape case: All four convicts to be hanged on January 22, death warrants issued

The convicts’ lawyer said a curative petition will be filed in the Supreme Court, and claimed that unbiased inquiry was not done in the case.

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· Jan 07, 2020 · 05:05 pm

Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of rising rape cases, seeks details from states, High Courts

The top court said that in recent times delays in such cases had created agitation and anxiety in the minds of people, and caused unrest.

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· Dec 18, 2019 · 06:57 pm