Man given death sentence for killing fiancee in Nagpur
Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2013
A Fast Track Court here today awarded death sentence to a youth for killing his fiancee and life imprisonment to his friend for helping him in the crime.
Sushil Kumar Shinde for fast track courts for jailed Muslim youths
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday May 15, 2013
The central government has sought from all states the number of Muslim youths involved in terror cases lodged in jails, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Wednesday while favouring fast track courts to deal with such cases.
December gang-rape accused wants to undergo lie detector test
Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 26, 2013
Terming himself innocent, an accused in the December 16 gang-rape on Thursday moved an application before the fast track court seeking permission to undergo a lie detector test.
Delhi gang-rape accused deny being in the bus
Agence France-Presse | Friday April 12, 2013
Two defendants in the New Delhi gang-rape and murder trial on Thursday claimed they were not in the bus on which the 23-year-old student was repeatedly raped, the Press Trust of India said.
Delhi gang-rape accused Vinay Sharma beaten in jail, hand fractured: lawyer
Reported by Sonal Mehrotra, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Friday April 5, 2013
Vinay Sharma, one of the five adult men accused of raping a medical student on a bus in Delhi last December, was produced at the fast track court in Saket with a bandaged right hand. His lawyer has alleged that Vinay was beaten up by "other inmates a...
False marriage promise: Youth gets 10 years jail for raping girl
Press Trust of India | Sunday February 17, 2013
A youth has been sent to 10 years in jail by a fast track court for raping a girl on the false promise of marriage and leaving her after she became pregnant.
Delhi gang-rape: Magistrates, doctors to testify against five accused
Press Trust of India | Monday February 11, 2013
Three of the magistrates, who had recorded the statement of the five adult accused in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi on December 16, will testify before the fast track court in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Man gets life term for raping daughter's minor friend
Press Trust of India | Thursday January 31, 2013
A 43-year-old man has been sent to jail for life for raping a 15-year-old girl, who was a friend of his daughter, with a fast-track court upholding that rape is the most hated crime as it is against the basic human right of a woman.
'Amanat' case: Fast track court to hear framing of charges against five accused
Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Monday January 28, 2013
Defence lawyers in the Delhi gang-rape case will today argue on framing of charges at a fast track court in the Saket District Court complex in Delhi against the five accused who brutally gang-rape 'Amanat' (NOT her real name) on December 16 last yea...
Man sentenced to death for raping and killing a minor girl
Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 23, 2013
A fast track court in Bihar's Darbhanga awarded capital punishment to a man for raping and killing a six-year-old girl three years ago.
60-year-old man gets death penalty for raping and killing minor
Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 15, 2013
A 60-year-old guard was today given death penalty by a Delhi court for raping and killing a three-year-old girl nearly two years ago.
Chief Justice of India wants fast track courts for crimes against women: Read full letter
NDTV.com | Monday January 7, 2013
After the national outpouring of sorrow and anger over the gang-rape and death of a young medical student in Delhi, the Chief Justice of India has written a strong letter asking for fast-track courts for crimes against women. Here is the full letter...
25 Maharashtra fast-track courts only for women cases
Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday January 5, 2013
The Maharashtra government will earmark 25 out of 100 fast-track courts across the state exclusively to deal with women-related cases, Home Minister R.R. Patil announced in Mumbai on Friday.
Supreme Court to hear PILs on rape cases, women safety tomorrow
Press Trust of India | Thursday January 3, 2013
The Supreme Court would on Friday hear matters related to setting up of fast track courts for speedy trial in rape cases and effective implementation of existing laws for safety of women.
Five fast track courts for sexual assault cases by January 3
Press Trust of India | Friday December 28, 2012
Five special fast-track courts to deal with cases of sexual assault on women will be set up in the city by January 3, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Friday.