Tag: Nirbhaya Case

New Delhi: Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case, filed mercy petition before President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Advocate A P Singh, who represents Vinay, said he has filed the mercy petition with the President House and has got a receiving on it. “I […]

New Delhi: Pawan Jallad, a hangman from the Meerut Prison, reported to the Tihar Jail administration on Thursday, two days ahead of the Nirbhaya case convicts’ scheduled execution, officials said. They said Pawan, a third-generation hangman, will be staying on the jail premises and check the strength of rope and other related things on Friday. […]

New Delhi: Death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya case on Thursday took another step, which may delay their scheduled February 1 hanging, by moving a trial court with a plea to adjourn the execution “sine die” saying they are yet to avail their remaining legal remedies even as the Supreme Court dismissed the third curative petition. […]

New Delhi: At a time when the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case are making last-ditch attempts to delay hanging, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta contended before the Supreme Court on Friday that “it is very essential to lay down guidelines which are victim and society-centric in death penalty cases, and not accused-centric.” A […]

New Delhi: The parents of 2012 gang-rape victim named ‘Nirbhaya’ by the media are all set to move a Delhi court seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against the four death row convicts after the President on Saturday rejected the mercy plea filed by one of the convicts Vinay Sharma. Speaking to IANS, Advocate Jitendra […]

New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Saturday informed the Delhi High Court that the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case “can be hanged separately”. Mehta while arguing before Justice Suresh Kumar Kait said, “Once a person is aware that his fate is death penalty, any delay in execution […]

New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Sunday told the Delhi High Court that there should be “no delay” in hanging the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, keeping in mind the interest of society and the victim. “In the Interest of the society and victim, there should be no delay. Even […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday pronounce order on the Centre’s plea challenging stay on execution of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait had on February 2 reserved order on the Centre’s plea after holding special hearings on Saturday and Sunday. The Centre and […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday said all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case have to be executed together, not separately, and dismissed the Centre’s plea against the trial court’s order staying the execution of their death sentence. The high court also faulted the authorities concerned for not taking […]

New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s mother on Wednesday welcomed the verdict of the Delhi High Court which gave the rapists a week’s time to exercise their legal remedies and hoped that a final death warrant is issued against them soon. “I am satisfied with today’s order but I will be happy only when they are hanged,” Asha […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on February 11 the Centre’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s verdict that had dismissed its petition against the stay on the execution of the four Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case convicts. A bench headed by Justice R Bhanumathi did not heed to […]

New Delhi: The Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lay down a law in the execution of death sentence, as the convicts in the Nirbhaya case were making a mockery of the process. The Supreme Court posted the Centre’s plea to February 11 when the one-week time given by the […]

New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi Wednesday protested outside a trial court premises here over the delay in hanging of the four convicts in the gang rape and murder case of her daughter. Her protests come right after the trial court offered Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the case, saying a […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court deferred the hearing on Centre’s plea seeking separate execution of four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case to Friday and asked the convicts to file their counter replies by then. A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna appointed senior advocate Anjana Prakash […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order for Friday on Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convict Vinay Sharma’s plea challenging the rejection of his mercy petition by the president. Sharma is one of the four convicts on death row in the 2012 case. A bench of Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and […]