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"Delay In Death Sentence Execution Can Violate Convicts' Rights": Supreme Court
An inordinate delay in the execution of a death sentence has a dehumanising effect on the accused, the Supreme Court observed on Monday.
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Decks Cleared For Starting Trial Of Kathua Gangrape-Murder Accused At Punjab Court
Decks have been cleared for commencement of trial of Shubam Sangra, accused in the Kathua gangrape and murder case of 2018, at a court in Punjab after he was declared an adult by the Supreme Court last November.
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No Hanging Of Nirbhaya Convicts Till Further Orders, Says Delhi Court
Hours before they were to hang, the four Nirbhaya case convicts extracted another last-minute reprieve as a Delhi court deferred their execution indefinitely.
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Bar Council Notice To Nirbhaya Convict's Lawyer Over "Forged" Documents
The Bar Council of Delhi has issued a notice to advocate AP Singh, appearing for Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convict Pawan Kumar Gupta, after the Delhi High Court last month directed it to take action against the lawyer for filing "forged" documents and not appearing for the hearing.
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"Why Should I Suffer": Nirbhaya's Mother After Jail Seeks New Hanging Date
A day after the Delhi government told the high court that the death sentence to four Nirbhaya case convicts cannot be executed on January 22 as scheduled because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the victim's mother, Asha Devi, said on Thursday why should she suffer for the "negligence" of Tihar Jail officials and the government.
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"At Lighting Speed": Delhi Recommends Rejecting Nirbhaya Convict's Plea
The Delhi government has recommended that the mercy plea filed by one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case should be rejected, and a communication over its decision has been sent to the Lieutenant Governor at "lightning speed", Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said.
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"Cried So Much, I'm A Stone": Nirbhaya Mother On Convict's Mother's Plea
Seven years after Nirbhaya's death, a court declared that four men convicted of gang-raping, torturing and killing her will hang on January 22. "For seven years, I cried tears of blood," said her mother, describing her fight for justice a painful one.
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Kathua Case: Six Men Convicted For Torture, Rape, Murder Of An 8-Year-Old
Six men have been held guilty of gang-raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
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BJP Minister's Convoy Attacked Over Demands Of CBI Inquiry In Kathua Rape
Angry protesters attacked Jammu and Kashmir minister Sham Lal Choudhary's cavalcade on the Jammu-Pathankot highway with stones today, demanding a CBI probe into the Kathua rape and murder case. The agitators tried to block the highway when the convoy was passing, but when it didn't stop, they hurled stones. Mr Choudhary is a BJP leader from Jammu.
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Haryana Gangrape Victim's Family Approached Police A Month Ago
The family of the 23-year-old woman, found gang-raped and murdered in Rohtak on Thursday, had around a month back complained about a man who was harassing her but the police failed to act, one of her relatives alleged today.
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School Student Allegedly Gang-Raped, Murdered in Jharkhand
The body of a standard four student has been found after she was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said today.
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Badaun Cousins' Death Was Suicide, not Murder, Says CBI; Families Reject it
The sight of two young girls hanging from a tree in a village in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, in May, horrified the country. Five months on, the Central Bureau of Investigation says they were not gang-raped and murdered as thought, but they committed suicide.
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"Delay In Death Sentence Execution Can Violate Convicts' Rights": Supreme Court
An inordinate delay in the execution of a death sentence has a dehumanising effect on the accused, the Supreme Court observed on Monday.
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Decks Cleared For Starting Trial Of Kathua Gangrape-Murder Accused At Punjab Court
Decks have been cleared for commencement of trial of Shubam Sangra, accused in the Kathua gangrape and murder case of 2018, at a court in Punjab after he was declared an adult by the Supreme Court last November.
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No Hanging Of Nirbhaya Convicts Till Further Orders, Says Delhi Court
Hours before they were to hang, the four Nirbhaya case convicts extracted another last-minute reprieve as a Delhi court deferred their execution indefinitely.
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Bar Council Notice To Nirbhaya Convict's Lawyer Over "Forged" Documents
The Bar Council of Delhi has issued a notice to advocate AP Singh, appearing for Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case convict Pawan Kumar Gupta, after the Delhi High Court last month directed it to take action against the lawyer for filing "forged" documents and not appearing for the hearing.
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"Why Should I Suffer": Nirbhaya's Mother After Jail Seeks New Hanging Date
A day after the Delhi government told the high court that the death sentence to four Nirbhaya case convicts cannot be executed on January 22 as scheduled because of a mercy petition filed by one of them, the victim's mother, Asha Devi, said on Thursday why should she suffer for the "negligence" of Tihar Jail officials and the government.
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"At Lighting Speed": Delhi Recommends Rejecting Nirbhaya Convict's Plea
The Delhi government has recommended that the mercy plea filed by one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case should be rejected, and a communication over its decision has been sent to the Lieutenant Governor at "lightning speed", Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said.
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"Cried So Much, I'm A Stone": Nirbhaya Mother On Convict's Mother's Plea
Seven years after Nirbhaya's death, a court declared that four men convicted of gang-raping, torturing and killing her will hang on January 22. "For seven years, I cried tears of blood," said her mother, describing her fight for justice a painful one.
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Kathua Case: Six Men Convicted For Torture, Rape, Murder Of An 8-Year-Old
Six men have been held guilty of gang-raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
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BJP Minister's Convoy Attacked Over Demands Of CBI Inquiry In Kathua Rape
Angry protesters attacked Jammu and Kashmir minister Sham Lal Choudhary's cavalcade on the Jammu-Pathankot highway with stones today, demanding a CBI probe into the Kathua rape and murder case. The agitators tried to block the highway when the convoy was passing, but when it didn't stop, they hurled stones. Mr Choudhary is a BJP leader from Jammu.
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Haryana Gangrape Victim's Family Approached Police A Month Ago
The family of the 23-year-old woman, found gang-raped and murdered in Rohtak on Thursday, had around a month back complained about a man who was harassing her but the police failed to act, one of her relatives alleged today.
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School Student Allegedly Gang-Raped, Murdered in Jharkhand
The body of a standard four student has been found after she was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said today.
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Badaun Cousins' Death Was Suicide, not Murder, Says CBI; Families Reject it
The sight of two young girls hanging from a tree in a village in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, in May, horrified the country. Five months on, the Central Bureau of Investigation says they were not gang-raped and murdered as thought, but they committed suicide.
