Gang Rape  

Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, challenged the President's decision to dismiss his mercy petition in the apex court on Tuesday.

The lawyer representing the convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case on Wednesday said that he was not employing any tactics to delay the hanging of the four convicts but he was trying to stop the "miscarriage of justice". Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari met newly-elected MLAs at the party office on Wednesday. All this and more on today's MyNation in 100 seconds.

A Delhi court has sought response by Friday of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case based on an application seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against them
 

A little over seven years ago, after a 23 year old was brutally raped in a moving bus in the national capital leading to her death, public outrage and protests began not only in India but abroad also. The protests which continued for several months came to an end but there was someone whose life changed completely – Yogita Bhayana, an ordinary Delhi girl who was so moved by the whole movement that she went on to become the actual face of what is now known as “The Nirbhaya Movement”. Let’s find out more about Yogita’s journey in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

The convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape case sought stay in their execution on the grounds that they haven't exhausted all the legal remedies. The execution scheduled for February 1 has been stayed until further orders. The lawyers challenged me, and the rapists got their way, said Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi.
 

Days after the Supreme Court dismissed Nirbhaya case convict Akshay's review petition in December last year, the top court will once again hear a curative petition filed by him on January 30

A day after one of the Nirbhaya gang rape, murder case convicts, Mukesh Kumar Singh, challenged the rejection of his mercy petition by President Ram Nath Kovind, the Supreme Court, on Wednesday dismissed his plea and said that quick consideration could not mean no application of mind

On Tuesday, another Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convict Akshay filed a curative petition to the Supreme Court. Today, the top court will pronounce its order on Mukesh Singh's mercy plea rejection.

The Supreme Court said that if a convict in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case files any petition, it will be the court's top priority, since the rapists are going to be executed on February 1. Mukesh Kumar Singh's counsel asked to approach the registry of the court for an urgent listing of his plea against rejection of mercy petition by the President.

Senior advocate Indira Jaising urged the mother of Nirbhaya to pardon the men on death row who were convicted for the 2012 gang rape of her daughter

President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy petition of 2012 Delhi gang-rape case convict Mukesh Singh

Standing Counsel for Tihar Jail authorities Advocate Rahul Mehra said that the execution of convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case will not take place on January 22. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds for the top headlines from across the country.

While Akshay, Vinay and Pawan decided to work in prison, Mukesh had decided not to work. The Nirbhaya gang-rape convicts are slated to be executed on January 22 at 7 am in Tihar Jail premises.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court had rejected the curative petitions of two death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case. However, one of the convicts has once again sought a stay on the death warrant issued against him by a trial court.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 14) rejected the curative petitions of two death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case