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Ghaziabad "Gang-Rape Story" Made Up By The Woman, Cops Claim
The 36-year-old who alleged rape was misusing law to get back at men with whom she had a property dispute, says UP regional police chief
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Time To Introspect On Convicts' Manipulating, Delaying Tactics: Law Minister On Nirbhaya Case
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday was a "day of satisfaction" with Nirbhaya "getting justice", but it is also time to introspect whether death-row convicts could be allowed to "manipulate" the system to delay execution.
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"Courts Watching Tamasha": Nirbhaya's Mother Slams Delay In Execution
Asha Devi, mother of the 24-year-old medical student whose fatal gang-rape in 2012 on a bus in Delhi prompted a massive outpouring of public anger and tough new laws against sexual violence, said on Monday that the repeated delay in the execution of the convicts shows the "ineffectiveness" of India's legal system.
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Convicts In Nirbhaya Case To Be Hanged Soon: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured the Lok Sabha that convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case will be hanged soon.
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"Need To Amend Our Law": Arvind Kejriwal On Nirbhaya Case
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said it is sad that the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya case are "escaping death sentence" by using legal loopholes, stressing that there is an urgent need to amend the laws to ensure hanging in cases of rape within six months.
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Centre Goes To Supreme Court For "Victim Centric" Rules In Death Penalty Cases
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...
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"No Shortfall In Anti-Rape Laws, Implementation Faulty": Nirbhaya's Father To NDTV
When Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan claimed in parliament on Monday that people involved in heinous rape-murders were best "lynched in public", the idea found favour with many who believed that conventional punishments are not adequate to stem the occurrence of such crimes. A notable exception was Badrinath Singh, the father of a medical student ...
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1,023 Fast Track Courts To Be Set Up Under Nirbhaya Fund: Ministry
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to use Nirbhaya Fund to set up 1,023 fast track courts to dispose off pending cases of rape of children and women. In July, the Ministry of Law and Justice had proposed setting up over 1,000 'fast track special courts' across the country, as part of a new scheme to try cases related to r...
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Crime Rates Rising Due To Delay In Justice, Says Nirbhaya's Mother
Nirbhaya's motger held the law enforcement authorities responsible for the increasing crime rates, saying that the delay in bringing the criminals to justice is what encourages them.
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Government Plans Fast Track Courts For Speedy Trials Of Rape Cases
The Law Ministry has come up with a proposal to set up "special" fast track courts across India to try rape cases as part of a larger scheme to strengthen infrastructure for better investigation and swift prosecution in such cases.
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Ghaziabad "Gang-Rape Story" Made Up By The Woman, Cops Claim
The 36-year-old who alleged rape was misusing law to get back at men with whom she had a property dispute, says UP regional police chief
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Time To Introspect On Convicts' Manipulating, Delaying Tactics: Law Minister On Nirbhaya Case
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday was a "day of satisfaction" with Nirbhaya "getting justice", but it is also time to introspect whether death-row convicts could be allowed to "manipulate" the system to delay execution.
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"Courts Watching Tamasha": Nirbhaya's Mother Slams Delay In Execution
Asha Devi, mother of the 24-year-old medical student whose fatal gang-rape in 2012 on a bus in Delhi prompted a massive outpouring of public anger and tough new laws against sexual violence, said on Monday that the repeated delay in the execution of the convicts shows the "ineffectiveness" of India's legal system.
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Convicts In Nirbhaya Case To Be Hanged Soon: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured the Lok Sabha that convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case will be hanged soon.
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"Need To Amend Our Law": Arvind Kejriwal On Nirbhaya Case
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said it is sad that the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya case are "escaping death sentence" by using legal loopholes, stressing that there is an urgent need to amend the laws to ensure hanging in cases of rape within six months.
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Centre Goes To Supreme Court For "Victim Centric" Rules In Death Penalty Cases
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...
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"No Shortfall In Anti-Rape Laws, Implementation Faulty": Nirbhaya's Father To NDTV
When Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan claimed in parliament on Monday that people involved in heinous rape-murders were best "lynched in public", the idea found favour with many who believed that conventional punishments are not adequate to stem the occurrence of such crimes. A notable exception was Badrinath Singh, the father of a medical student ...
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1,023 Fast Track Courts To Be Set Up Under Nirbhaya Fund: Ministry
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to use Nirbhaya Fund to set up 1,023 fast track courts to dispose off pending cases of rape of children and women. In July, the Ministry of Law and Justice had proposed setting up over 1,000 'fast track special courts' across the country, as part of a new scheme to try cases related to r...
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Crime Rates Rising Due To Delay In Justice, Says Nirbhaya's Mother
Nirbhaya's motger held the law enforcement authorities responsible for the increasing crime rates, saying that the delay in bringing the criminals to justice is what encourages them.
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Government Plans Fast Track Courts For Speedy Trials Of Rape Cases
The Law Ministry has come up with a proposal to set up "special" fast track courts across India to try rape cases as part of a larger scheme to strengthen infrastructure for better investigation and swift prosecution in such cases.
