Death penalty
Jan 18, 2020 10:24
Senior lawyer Indira Jaising had tweeted the request soon after the mother had said she felt “betrayed” after a court in Delhi deferred the date of the execution of the four convicts from January 22 to February 1. read more
Jan 08, 2020 18:02
To make India safe for women, address systemic, legal issues read more
Jan 08, 2020 12:42
As for the government, it is still to take a stand on the issue. read more
Jan 07, 2020 18:47
The woman died of her injuries in a Singapore hospital on December 29, 2012. read more
Jan 07, 2020 17:02
The 23-year-old woman was gangraped and tortured on December 16, 2012, which led to her death. read more
Jan 07, 2020 16:47
Judge Satish Kumar Arora issued the warrant at the request of the police and the victim’s mother who had celebrated the top court’s 2017 verdict rejecting an appeal against the death sentence as “justice at last”. read more
Dec 26, 2019 12:10
Wei, a 40 yr old former student in Japan, had pleaded guilty to the four brutal murders. One of the few developed nations to retain the death penalty, his execution was ordered after careful consideration. read more
Dec 18, 2019 13:27
Akshay’s lawyer AP Singh had pleaded that his client should not be given death penalty. read more
Trying to delay the inevitable, Centre to Supreme Court on Delhi gang-rape convict’s review petition
Dec 18, 2019 11:45
During the course of hearing, Akshay’s lawyer AP Singh had pleaded that his client should not be given death penalty. read more
Dec 16, 2019 11:08
Tihar jail officers are making preparations for the hanging of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case. read more
Dec 15, 2019 10:28
The Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Bill, 2019, passed on Friday, envisages an amendment to Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). It also mandates a reduction of the judgment period to 21 working days with the investigation... read more
Dec 13, 2019 23:39
The first bill seeks to award death penalty for rapists and the second to take stringent action for atrocities against women by setting up special courts to deal with such offences. read more
Dec 09, 2019 21:00
The ends may justify the means for many. But it opens up the door for vigilante justice and can harm innocents read more
Dec 04, 2019 20:34
The police had filed a petition in the court on Monday seeking custody of the accused for 10 days. But after hearing the arguments of the prosecutor for three consecutive days, the court granted the police custody of the accused only for seven days. read more
Nov 12, 2019 22:48
The incident took place at a slum inhabited by a group of labourers in the industrial area of Rakhamtali late on Monday. read more
