Nirbhaya Case

Who is West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee protesting against, the mother of Nirbhaya, the victim of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, asked, after the TMC supremo took out a protest rally demanding justice for the Kolkata rape and murder victim.

Hathras rape case: Nirbhaya convicts’ lawyer AP Singh to defend the accused

AP Singh has been appointed by the Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha - an upper caste organisation – to defend the Hathras rape case accused

'Justice has prevailed': PM Modi on Nirbhaya convicts’ hanging

The four convicts were hanged on March 20 in Tihar Jail seven years after committing the crime after the Supreme Court dismissed their final petitions seeking clemency.

Post-Nirbhaya, changes in laws not yielded results due to poor implementation, say experts

The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013, provided for rigorous life term and even death sentence for rape convicts besides stringent punishment for offences like acid attacks, stalking and voyeurism.

Nirbhaya case: Four rapists hanged till death at Delhi's Tihar jail

A 23-year-old physiotherapy intern, who came to be known as 'Nirbhaya' (fearless), was gang raped and assaulted in a moving bus in south Delhi on December 16, 2012. She died after a fortnight.

Nirbhaya case: Convict Akshay Thakur's wife files divorce plea

Punita Devi's plea says that she wants to be legally divorced before Akshay Thakur gets hanged, as she does not want to live the life of a widow.

Nirbhaya case: Death row convict Pawan Gupta moves Delhi court seeking FIR against 2 cops, alleges torture

The convict has alleged that the policemen thrashed him while in custody, leaving him with a severe head injury

Nirbhaya case: Death row convict files fresh plea in Supreme Court

As of March 5, the four convicts – Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh – had exhausted all legal remedies

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court issues fresh death warrant for four convicts; hanging on March 20

As of now, the four convicts – Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh – have exhausted all legal remedies.

Nirbhaya case: Shiv Sena blames 'loopholes' in judicial system for delay in execution

Hope people will not lose faith in the judiciary because of the delay in implementation of punishment of the convicts who are facing the gallows in the Nirbhaya case, an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' has said.

Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses convict Pawan Gupta's curative plea against death penalty

Pawan Kumar Gupta was the last death row convict in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case to move the Supreme Court with his curative petition — the final legal remedy available to a person.

Nirbhaya case: Convicts move court seeking stay on execution

In his plea moved through his lawyer, Singh claimed that he has filed a fresh mercy petition before the President of India, which is pending.

Nirbhaya case: Death row convict Akshay Thakur moves another mercy petition

On February 17, a Delhi court had issued a fresh death warrant for the four convicts, setting March 3 as the date for the hanging.

Nirbhaya case: Death row convict Pawan Gupta files curative petition in SC

The mercy petitions of three convicts – Mukesh, Vinay and Akshay – have already been dismissed by the President.

Nirbhaya case: Death row convict Vinay Sharma attempts to hurt himself in Tihar jail

According to a senior officer, there has been a “stark change” in the behaviour of the convicts since the new death warrant was isued. They have been behaving aggressively with the jail wardens and guards, said the officer

Nirbhaya Case: Court appoints lawyer for death row convict; to hear plea for fresh warrant on Feb 17

Mukesh, Vinay, Akshay and Pawan were sentenced to death in September 2013 by the trial court.

SC further extends deadline for Nirbhaya convicts to file response

The next Supreme Court hearing on the case has been scheduled at 2 pm on Feb 14, after the replies from the death row convicts are in.

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court dismisses Tihar's plea seeking fresh date for execution of convicts

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana took note of the Delhi High Court's February 5 order permitting the convicts to exercise their legal remedies within one week.

Nirbhaya case: SC to hear on February 11 Centre's plea against Delhi HC verdict

A bench headed by Justice R Bhanumathi did not heed to the request of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was seeking issuance of notice to the four convicts on the Centre's plea, saying it would further delay the matter.

Nirbhaya case: SC to hear on February 7 Centre's appeal challenging Delhi HC verdict on hanging of convicts

Additional Solicitor General K M Natraj, appearing for the Centre, mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench comprising justices N V Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and Krishna Murari.

Nirbhaya case: President rejects clemency petition of another convict Akshay Kumar Singh

President Kovind has already rejected the clemency petition of two other accused in the case Mukesh Singh and Vinay Kumar Sharma

Nirbhaya case: Delhi HC gives convicts one week to exhaust legal remedies against hanging

Justice Kait had on February 2 reserved order on the Centre's plea after holding special hearings over the weekend

Nirbhaya case: Convicts claim in High Court that they can't be executed separately

The lawyers appearing for the four convicts told the High Court that some of them cannot be singled out for execution and neither the Centre nor the Delhi government has the power under the rules to do so

Nirbhaya case: Tihar jail authorities move Delhi High court against stay on rapists' February 1 hanging

The Delhi High Court is hearing the plea now.

Nirbhaya case: President Ram Nath Kovind rejects mercy petition of death-row convict Vinay

With this, the two of the four convicts have exhausted all legal recourse to escape the gallows.