Two forensic experts, who had provided scientific support and services in the probe into the December 16 gang rape-cum-murder case, were cross-examined by the defence counsel for four adult accused in a Delhi court.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday met the family of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim and promised them all possible help from the state government.
"She told me that after the incident that she had asked passers-by for help but to no avail and it was only after the highway patrol alerted the police that she was rushed to hospital but it had taken almost two hours", her brother told PTI in their native Medawara Kala village in Ballia, UP.
The hearing of the December 16, 2012 gang-rape-cum-murder case of a 23-year-old medical student will be held in a fast track court from Monday.
The Supreme Court has directed media outlets, journalists, and publishing platforms to practice responsible, empathetic, and restrained journalism when reporting sexual offences. The court highlighted that sensationalist headlines and graphic descriptions cause secondary trauma to victims and their families, urging media to prioritise dignity, factual accuracy, and institutional accountability.
A fast track court will pronounce on September 10 its verdict in the December 16 gang-rape case in which four adult accused were tried for brutal rape and murder of 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in south Delhi.
The four convicts in the December 16 gang rape-cum-murder case were on Friday awarded death penalty by a Delhi court which said the gravity of the offence cannot be tolerated.
Gang rape and murder charges were ordered to be framed on Thursday by a juvenile justice board against the minor accused of brutally raping along with five adults a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in New Delhi on December 16.
Keeping in mind the sensitivities involved, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Friday asked a private channel not to telecast an episode in its crime-based show which featured an enactment based on the Delhi gang-rape.
Keeping in mind the sensitivities involved, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Friday asked a private channel not to telecast an episode in its crime-based show which featured an enactment based on the Delhi gang-rape.
A court in Delhi on Monday sought an Action Taken Report from Delhi Police on a plea seeking registration of an FIR against the city transport minister and others, alleging the December 16 gangrape incident had occurred due to their "corrupt" activities.
Having undergone a surgery to remove her gangrenous intestine, the 23-year-old paramedical student gang-raped on Sunday passed an "uneventful night" and is "stable, alert and conscious", doctors treating her said on Thursday.
A 17-year-old girl, allegedly raped by three men at Delhi's Aastha Kunj Park, bravely assisted investigators by leading them to the crime spots. Her detailed account and identification of the locations enabled forensic teams to collect crucial biological evidence, including a condom. Police subsequently identified and arrested the three accused, Asif, Hemant, and Mahesh, after scanning CCTV footage and using technical surveillance.
The Delhi police will file its chargesheet in connection with the gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in the metropolitan magistrate's court in Saket on Thursday.
The accused in the December 16 gang rape case were on Friday chargesheeted in a court here by the Delhi police in a separate case of robbing lodged against them for looting a vegetable seller before brutally assaulting the girl.
A Singapore-based doctor, who analysed the slides containing samples of cells and tissue of the December 16 gangrape victim, testified today as a witness for the prosecution through video conferencing in a fast track court in New Delhi.
A doctor of a Singapore hospital, who had conducted the post mortem examination of the December 16 gang rape victim, on Monday testified as a prosecution witness through video conferencing in a Delhi court.
Two of the accused in the Delhi gang-rape case on Thursday claimed before a special court that they were not in the bus in which a 23-year-old girl was brutally assaulted and raped by six persons on December 16 night.
The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College, where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped by three men, including an alumnus of the institute, on June 25.
A doctor from Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, who had initially prepared the medical report of the male friend of the December 16 gang rape victim, on Monday recorded his statement in a fast-track court.
The brutal gang rape and death of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi, which had sparked outrage across India, figured prominently during discussions at the United Nations on Wednesday, with the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Executive Board calling on governments to commit themselves to end violence against women and girls everywhere.
One of the six accused in the December 16 gang rape and murder case has pleaded before the Supreme Court for shifting the trial outside Delhi saying that free and fair hearing is not possible because of strong public sentiment against him.
The parents of the 23-year-old girl, who was gang raped in Delhi in December 2012, have advocated for corporal punishment to offenders in rape cases.
The 28-year-old male friend of the girl, who was brutally gang-raped in a moving bus, on Tuesday appeared before a fast track court in New Delhi to testify about the incident to which he is the sole eyewitness.
The condition of the 23-year-old girl, who was gang-raped in a moving bus in New Delhi last Sunday, continues to be critical and doctors are subjecting her to various tests on Sunday.
A 25-year-old married woman was allegedly gang-raped in a moving van in Faridabad and later thrown onto the road, sustaining serious head injuries, police said on Wednesday.
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As Delhi is heading for a three-cornered contest among the ruling Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party in the December 4 polls, the parties are likely to have a tough time wooing around 51 lakh women voters who feel security for them is a major issue.
A small group of protestors in Delhi have kept up their fight for justice in the Delhi gang rape case. Swarupa Dutt tells their story
Justice Usha Mehra Commission has rapped the Delhi Police and the city transport department, saying lack of coordination between them allowed the bus used in December 16 gang rape case to ply uninterrupted despite being fined many times.
The sub divisional magistrate and the metropolitan magistrate, who had recorded the statement of the December 16 gang rape victim, are likely to appear on Thursday before the fast court conducting the trial.
Faced with public outrage over the gang-rape in Delhi, the government on Friday promised to file the chargesheet in the case "quickly" and seek maximum punishment -- life imprisonment -- for the accused.
Three police officials, who arrested one of the accused in the December 16 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here, testified as prosecution witness before the fast-track court on Monday.
Under all-round attack over the barbaric gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, government on Wednesday announced a slew of measures to instill confidence among people shaken by the brutality of the Sunday night crime.
"Her bravery inspired millions of women and men to come together with a simple message: No more. No more looking the other way when gender-based violence happens. No more stigma against victims or survivors," the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, said at a State Department function held on Friday to honour women from across the globe with the prestigious International Women of Courage Award
Known to India and the world as 'Nirbhaya' (fearless), the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern, whose brutal gang rape on a moving bus in Delhi in December inspired widespread protests, has been posthumously presented with the International Women of Courage Award.
The fate of four convicts in the December 16 gang rape and murder case will be known on Friday with a Delhi court set to pronounce the much-awaited order on whether their offence falls in the "rarest of rare" category warranting death sentence.
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party President Vijender Gupta, who has expressed profound grief over the death of the 23-year-old gang rape victim, has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting that the brave heart should be awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest civilian award for bravery, on January 26.
A draftsman, who had prepared the site plan of December 16 gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here, testified as prosecution witness before the fast-track court on Tuesday.
After two lawyers appeared before the Supreme Court on Wednesday claiming to represent one of the six accused in the December 16 gang-rape case, the court asked the sessions judge conducting the trial to find out who is his counsel and whether he wants to pursue the case for transfer of trial outside Delhi.
