2012 Delhi rape: UN calls for end to capital punishment, suggests imposing moratorium

The convicts – Mukesh Singh, Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta – were executed seven years after the crime, which had led to massive protests.

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· Mar 21, 2020 · 01:22 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape and murder: Four convicts hanged at Tihar Jail

Less than two hours before the execution, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from the convicts.

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· Mar 20, 2020 · 05:36 am

Delhi gangrape convicts seek stay on execution at eleventh hour, court says ‘case attained finality’

The four convicts are scheduled to be hanged to death at 5.30 am on Friday.

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· Mar 19, 2020 · 11:10 pm

2012 gangrape case: Delhi court dismisses convicts’ plea seeking stay of execution

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by Mukesh Singh, claiming that the trial was vitiated on account of concealment of evidence.

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· Mar 19, 2020 · 03:49 pm

2012 gangrape: Convict challenges rejection of plea claiming he wasn’t in Delhi at time of crime

A trial court had rejected Mukesh Singh’s claim on Tuesday, but he has now moved the Delhi High Court.

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· Mar 18, 2020 · 03:26 pm

2012 gangrape convict files another petition, claims he wasn’t in Delhi when crime took place

Mukesh Singh’s petition was rejected by the court.

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· Mar 17, 2020 · 01:45 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape: Three convicts move ICJ asking for stay on ‘unlawful execution’

They claimed that the investigation that led to their conviction was ‘flawed’ and claimed they had been treated as ‘guinea pigs’.

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· Mar 16, 2020 · 08:00 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape: Ahead of convicts’ hanging, families seek permission for euthanasia

The four convicts are scheduled to be hanged on March 20.

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· Mar 16, 2020 · 12:12 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape: Convict Vinay Sharma moves Delhi HC, claims lapses in rejection of mercy plea

Sharma’s mercy petition had been rejected by President Ram Nath Kovind in February.

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· Mar 13, 2020 · 06:28 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape: Convict Mukesh Singh moves SC, wants legal options all over again

He alleged a criminal conspiracy against him and asked the top court to allow him to file curative and mercy petitions till July 2021.

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· Mar 06, 2020 · 09:59 pm

2012 Delhi gangrape: Four convicts to be hanged on March 20 at 5.30 am, says court

This is the fourth time the court has issued the death warrants.

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· Mar 05, 2020 · 02:46 pm

‘Playing with fire’: Delhi court raps 2012 gangrape convict’s lawyer on plea to stay hanging

Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Mukesh Singh and Pawan Gupta are scheduled to be hanged at Tihar Jail in Delhi on Tuesday at 6 am.

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· Mar 02, 2020 · 02:04 pm