Death Penalty

Should Convict Be Spared Death For Good Behaviour? Supreme Court's Reply

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday January 23, 2020

The Supreme Court today spoke out against the possibility of sparing death row convicts the capital punishment on grounds of good behaviour, saying that such a move "would open the floodgates" to similar petitions.

Centre Goes To Supreme Court For "Victim Centric" Rules In Death Penalty Cases

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday January 22, 2020

The government today asked the Supreme Court for a change in guidelines in death penalty cases to bring in a seven-day time limit for convicts to use their last available legal options before execution. The current rules are skewed towards convicts and allows them to "play with the law and delay execution," the centre said in its petition, amid ang...

Top Court Dismisses 2 Nirbhaya Case Convicts' Plea Against Death Penalty

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday January 14, 2020

The Supreme Court today dismissed the curative petitions filed by twoconvicts in Nirbhaya gang rape casewho had questioned the death sentence awarded to them.

2 Nirbhaya Convicts File Plea Against Death Sentence In Supreme Court

India News | Edited by Sumana Nandy | Thursday January 9, 2020

Hours after one of the four men sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court, another convict, Mukesh Singh, filed a plea in the top court this evening.

Nirbhaya Convicts To Be Hanged: A Look At Death Penalties In India

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 8, 2020

With a Delhi court Tuesday ordering the hanging of four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case for January 22, here is a look at India's record on death penalties and their execution.

"The Daughters Of This Country Will Get Justice," Says Nirbhaya's Mother

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday January 7, 2020

The seven-year battle for justice for Nirbhaya drawing to a close, her mother today hailed the court's decision to implement the death sentence of the rapists.

2 Women Officers In Charge of Andhra's Landmark Disha Law

Andhra Pradesh News | Written By Uma Sudhir, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Friday January 3, 2020

Two women officers have been appointed in Andhra Pradesh to implement the Disha Act that cleared the state assembly last month for tougher punishment, including death sentence, within 21 days for those guilty of crimes against women.

Can't Allow Cause Of Justice To Suffer In Pursuit For Speedy Disposal Of Cases: Supreme Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 21, 2019

The cause of justice must never be "sacrificed" or allowed to "suffer" in pursuit of expeditious disposal of cases, the Supreme Court has said while setting aside the conviction and death penalty awarded to an accused in a case of rape and murder of a minor girl after a two-week trial proceedings.

Death Penalty Convicts Shouldn't Misuse System: Law Minister To Courts

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 21, 2019

Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday exhorted all courts to ensure that the persons who have been given capital punishment should not abuse of the system to delay its implementation.

Odisha Man Sentenced To Death For Rape, Murder Of 3-Year-Old

Cities | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 19, 2019

A court in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Thursday sentenced a man to death penalty for rape and murder of a three-year-old girl.

Nirbhaya Case LIVE: Nirbhaya's Mother Breaks Down After Delhi Court Judgement On Petition

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Wednesday December 18, 2019

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court is hearing the review plea filed by one of the four convicts awaiting death penalty in connection with the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case.

Top Court To Hear Nirbhaya Gang-Rape, Murder Convict's Review Plea Today

India News | ANI | Tuesday December 17, 2019

The Supreme Court will hear a review plea filed by one of the four convicts on death penalty in connection with the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case today.

Nirbhaya Rape Convicts Still Have Legal Remedies, Says Lawyer

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday December 13, 2019

The counsel for the convicts of the gang-rape, torture and killing of a young girl in Delhi seven years ago has said that until all the legal remedies are exhausted, the execution cannot take place.

Delhi Women's Panel Members March To Demand Death Penalty For Rapists

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 12, 2019

Several members of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took out a protest march on Thursday morning demanding capital punishment for rapists.

"Life Is Short, Why Death Penalty," Says Nirbhaya Convict In Petition

India News | Reported by Ashish Bhargava, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday December 11, 2019

Akshay Kumar Singh, one of the four men convicted in the gang-rape, torture and killing of a young girl in Delhi seven years ago, on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court to appeal against his death sentence.