A plea of two accused in the Delhi gangrape that instead of day-to-day trial it be held on alternate days, was rejected today by the court which also pulled up their lawyers saying such pleas are made to delay the proceedings.
Tutors and books in jail as well as Hindi translations of all testimonies: These are some of the demands made by the accused in the December 16 Delhi gang rape case.

Proceedings in the Delhi gangrape case was on Monday adjourned for an hour when one of the accused could not be brought to the fast track court hearing the matter as as he was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital for chest pain.
The Supreme Court stayed a Delhi High Court order allowing the plea of the December 16 gang rape accused to use a CD containing the interview of the victim’s male friend given to a news channel as evidence during the trial.
In camera proceedings in the fast-track court hearing the December 16 gangrape case ended today with the media allowed conditional access to cover the trial.

The Delhi high court Friday allowed the media to cover proceedings of the December 16 gang-rape trial, subject to restrictions.
Two of the accused involved in the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi today sought bail from a fast-track court.
The Delhi gangrape case being heard by a fast track court in the Capital today witnessed two of the accused opting to change their counsel.

A Delhi Police sub inspector, who had arrested one of the five adult accused in the December 16 gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi, on Tuesday deposed in a fast-track court.

Barely three days after the Centre decided to fix the age of consent for sex at 16 years, opposition parties and the UPA’s supporters on Monday forced the government to raise it to 18 years. HT reports.

Tihar's probe into Delhi gangrape accused Ram Singh's alleged suicide has found three jail officials, including a warden, guilty of dereliction of duty.
Abhishek Sharan reports.

Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Saturday said public sentiments akin to “baying for blood” of the juvenile accused in the Delhi gangrape and murder case before the conclusion of trial is unfortunate.

The elite special cell of the Delhi Police, sources claim, has been roped in to keep an eye on the four other gangrape accused lodged in Tihar Jail.

The remaining four accused in the December 16 gangrape case were chargesheeted in a court in a separate case of robbery by the Delhi Police on Friday.

Hand on heart, how many of you cheered, or at least felt a bit relieved when you woke up to news of the death of Ram Singh, one of the principal accused in the Delhi December 16 gang-rape case?
Namita Bhandare writes.