hanging of Nirbhaya convicts

Nirbhaya case: Delhi High Court dismisses convicts' plea to stay execution of death warrant

The plea was mentioned before the registry officials who put it up before the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court who marked it to the bench comprising Justice Manmohan and Justice Sanjeev Narula.

Mar 19, 2020, 23:30 PM IST

All 4 Nirbhaya case convicts to be hanged on Friday; legal options exhausted

The Supreme Court also refused to entertain Mukesh Singh's plea challenging Delhi High Court order which rejected his claim that he was not in the city when at the time of crime on December 16, 2012.

Mar 19, 2020, 16:34 PM IST

Nirbhaya case: Delhi HC dismisses plea of Mukesh claiming he was not in Delhi at time of crime

The HC said if Mukesh was tortured in jail, he had ample opportunities to raise the issue, especially when he met his relatives and this argument was being taken at this stage "only to delay the proceedings".

Mar 18, 2020, 21:51 PM IST

Nirbhaya convicts move Delhi Court, seek stay on death penalty citing pendency of legal applications

The Court will hear on Thursday plea seeking a stay on the execution of the death penalty of the convicts. 

Mar 18, 2020, 17:06 PM IST

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court dismisses plea of Mukesh; Akshay files second mercy petition to President

The Delhi court today dismissed the plea of Mukesh Singh, seeking quashing of his death penalty and asked the Bar Council of India (BCI) to give appropriate sensitisation exercise to his counsel.

Mar 17, 2020, 21:56 PM IST

Nirbhaya case: Lawyer of convicts writes to International Court of Justice, seeks stay on March 22 hanging

Supreme Court, however, today rejected the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, paving the way for convicts' hanging on March 20. 

Mar 16, 2020, 17:12 PM IST

Guidelines issued for listing of criminal appeals involving death penalty

According to the guidelines, which were made public today, the record will be sent along with the translated copy of the documents which may be in vernacular language.

Feb 14, 2020, 23:58 PM IST

Justice Banumathi faints dictating order on Centre' plea on Nirbhaya case

Supreme Court judge Justice R Banumathi on Friday (February 14) fainted in the courtroom while dictating the order on the Centre' plea seeking separate hanging of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

Feb 14, 2020, 15:54 PM IST

Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court appoints advocate to represent Pawan, reserves verdict on Vinay's mercy plea

In Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, the Supreme Court on Thursday (February 13)  appointed senior advocate Anjana Prakash to represent one of the four death row convicts as he was unrepresented after dropping his earlier lawyer. The top court also reserved its order on the issue of rejection of mercy petition of Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the convicts in the case.

Feb 13, 2020, 18:31 PM IST

Supreme Court to hear Centre's plea on victim-centre guidelines

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta contended the convicts on death row eventually make gains from the loopholes in the guidelines, which eventually end up being accused-centric instead of victim-and society-centric.

Jan 31, 2020, 13:36 PM IST