Death Row

Sri Lanka Pardons Soldier Who Slaughtered Tamil Civilians

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday March 26, 2020

Sri Lanka's president on Thursday pardoned and released an army officer on death row for slitting the throats of Tamil civilians, including four children, during the island's bloody civil war.

Nirbhaya Case Updates: "Our Nari Shakti Has Excelled In Every Field": PM On Nirbhaya Verdict

India News | Edited by Sumana Nandy | Friday March 20, 2020

The four convicts in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student were hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail at 5:30 am today. After three of the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case moved the Delhi high court Thursday evening challenging the trial court order declining to stay their execution scheduled for ea...

Nirbhaya Rape Convicts' Last-Minute Petition Against Hanging Dismissed

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday March 20, 2020

The 5.30 am execution inching closer, three of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case had approached the Delhi High Court for a last minute reprieve, but drew a blank.

No Legal Remedies Of Nirbhaya Convicts Pending, Court Told

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 19, 2020

A Delhi court was on Thursday told that no legal remedies of any of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case were pending in any of the courts.

Delhi Court Pulls Up Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Over "Last Hour Approach"

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday March 18, 2020

A Delhi court on Wednesday came down heavily on the lawyer representing the death-row convicts in Nirbhaya rape case, asking him why he always approaches court at the last hour.

Nirbhaya Convicts Seek Quashing Of Death Penalty Citing Second Mercy Plea

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 18, 2020

The counsel for the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case moved a court on Wednesday seeking quashing of their death penalty, saying the second mercy plea of one of them is still pending.

Nirbhaya Convicts' Lawyer Approaches Human Rights' Body For Stay On Execution

India News | ANI | Tuesday March 17, 2020

Advocate AP Singh, the lawyer of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts, on Tuesday said that he has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a stay on the execution of the four death row convicts.

In Fresh Plea Nirbhaya Convict Claims He Wasn't In Delhi On December 16, Court Reserves Order

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 17, 2020

A Delhi court today reserved its order on plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, seeking quashing of his death penalty.

Nirbhaya Convict Vinay Sharma Moves High Court Over Rejected Mercy Plea

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 13, 2020

One of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, Vinay Sharma, on Friday approached the Delhi High Court claiming that there were procedural lapses and "constitutional irregularities" in the rejection of his mercy plea by President Ram Nath Kovind.

Nirbhaya Convict Moves Supreme Court Seeking Restoration Of Legal Remedies

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday March 7, 2020

Mukesh Singh, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, moved a plea in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking restoration of all his legal remedies, alleging that his lawyers had misled him.

Supreme Court To Examine If Convicts In Same Case Can Be Hanged Separately

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 5, 2020

The Supreme Court Thursday said it would examine the legal issue arising out of the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on whether there could be separate hanging in a case where there are more than one death row convicts.

"Would Like To See Convicts Die": Nirbhaya's Mother On New Hanging Date

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 5, 2020

"The morning of March 20 will be the morning of our lives," said Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi after a Delhi court Thursday fixed the new date of execution of the four death row convicts for her daughter's gang rape and murder in December 2012.

High Court Declines Plea To Assess Health Of Nirbhaya Convicts

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 4, 2020

The Delhi High Court Wednesday declined to entertain a plea seeking directions to the NHRC to intervene and enquire into the mental and physical state of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

Delhi Government Recommends Rejecting Mercy Plea Of Nirbhaya Convict Pawan Gupta

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 3, 2020

The Delhi government on Monday recommended rejecting mercy petition of Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

"Playing With Fire": Delhi Court Pulls Up Nirbhaya Convict's Lawyer

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday March 2, 2020

A Delhi court today refused to hold, yet again, the execution of the four Nirbhaya case convicts, who are to be hanged at 6 am tomorrow for one of the most unspeakable crimes in recent years.