Shafqat Hussain, whose case sparked international outcry, was executed in Karachi Central Prison in the wee hours.
It is a timely reminder that when faced with twin threats, India has succeeded by wisely choosing allies, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain has sent the file to Lt Governor Anil Baijal with Arvind Kejriwal government's recommendations in the case, they told PTI.
A 3-judge bench would hear the plea, that has questioned
A Delhi court on Saturday recorded the statement of two police officials in a case in which a 52-year-old Danish woman was allegedly gang raped by nine persons last year.
The Natural History Museum's annual competition and exhibition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been the longest-running and most prestigious nature and wildlife photography competition that has been recognising the world's best nature photography every year since 1965.
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana on Thursday refused to grant any relief to Akshay Kumar, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh and rejected the petition saying no valid ground has been brought to his notice to justify the stay of execution of death warrants scheduled on March 20 at 5:30 am.
A curative petition is the last and final judicial remedy available to a person convicted by courts of law.
Terming the ATS investigations "juvenile", the BJP today claimed that the "selective revelations" in the probe would encourage pro-jehadi forces in Pakistan and may influence the ongoing Indo-Pak talks.
Women activists say "nothing much has changed" when it comes to safety of women in the national capital since the tragic December 16 gang-rape case three years ago which shook the nation and led to a massive public outcry forcing Parliament to enact a new anti-rape law.
Four youths accused of kidnapping and killing teenager Adnan Patrawala in Mumbai in 2007 were on Monday acquitted by a local court on account of lack of evidence, a verdict dubbed by the victim's family as "shocking".
"I am not pained at the fact that execution has been postponed but I am pained at the fact that the lawyer of the convicts A P Singh has challenged me saying that the convicts will never be executed, this is the most painful thing," said Asha Devi.
The results for the People's Choice Award for the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year are in.
The high court also faulted the authorities concerned for not taking steps for issuance of death warrant after the rejection of appeals of the accused by the Supreme Court in 2017.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation probe into an alleged sexual assault case against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.
The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a charge sheet on Friday against seven people, including three juveniles, in connection to the death of 19-year-old student Nido Tania.
The Centre has put the blame on state governments while state governments complain that money is not released for the proposals given by them to the Empowered Committee that has been tasked with recommending proposals to be funded under this framework.
The convicts, who did not seek any further action after the Supreme Court dismissed their appeals challenging their death penalty and review pleas of three of them in May 2017 and July 2018, vigorously started pursuing the legal remedies left to them from January 7 onwards as a trial court had fixed January 20 for their hanging.
A senior Delhi Police official posted with the elite Special Cell was severely assaulted on Thursday allegedly by three persons including a woman and a juvenile in a case of road-rage in South Delhi's posh Lodhi Estate area.
The execution of death warrants of these convicts have been deferred thrice so far due to delays by them in exhausting their legal remedies.
With more than 300 sexual assault cases filed in Chennai under POCSO Act in the last three years, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to maintain a register of child sexual offenders. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
An accused in the rape-and-murder case, who was earlier said to be a juvenile, is over 19 years old, the official said, quoting medical reports.
Opposition-ruled states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu opposing the Bill as they fear losing some of their powers
Five persons arrested in connection with the gangrape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist were on Monday sent in police custody till January 23 by a Delhi court.
'A whole lot of faffing around happens from the time Lootcase sets up its amusing premise and concludes it in a manner typical of its genre.' 'But the actors are such effortless fits for their parts, there is pleasure in this dillydallying,' observes Sukanya Verma.
Two of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape case on Monday claimed before the Delhi High Court that police had registered the FIR on the basis of a "false" story narrated by the girl's male friend against them about the incident exactly a year ago.
The action taken by the Delhi Police on an FIR related to a toolkit shared by climate campaigner Greta Thunberg in support of the ongoing farmer protests has triggered a war of words between the Opposition and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said it is 'very very serious' if people were unable to approach the high court.
You can imagine the standard of Pagalpanti's humour when characters are named Wifi, Bully and Tully, a hospital placard reads Dr Trump and bitter gourd is mistaken for poison to evoke laughs, warns Sukanya Verma.
Five juveniles, who were initially arrested and charged following the death of computer scientist Divyendu Sinha of Old Bridge, New Jersey on June 28, were on Friday accused of Sinha's murder. The court also granted the prosecutor's request that they be tried as adults.Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J Kaplan announced that the five juveniles would be tried as adult defendants. The Indian American community has been demanding the same since Sinha's murder.
The offence carries punishment of minimum 10 years and maximum of life imprisonment.
A Delhi court on Tuesday issued death warrants against all the four convicts in the gang rape-murder case. Pawan Jallad is said to be considered for the job, though he is yet to receive an official order.
'It is a retrogressive Act. It actually criminalises a child who needs care and protection.' 'I am sure the Delhi teenage rapist, if given the right process and input, would have reformed himself. Even now, if he is supported he will evolve himself.'
Sources said if the mercy petition is not filed, the prison authorities approach the court, which will issue a death warrant.
The four death row convicts are Mukesh, Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh and Pawan Gupta.
The apex court also took note of a plea of the victim's father seeking transfer of the trial of the case from Kathua, preferably to Chandigarh and sought response of the state government.
The proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day on Tuesday amid continuous protests by opposition members over the Pegasus snooping row and farm laws, as they demanded that discussions be taken up on the issues in the House.
Prosecuting juveniles aged above 15 years as adults for heinous crimes, setting up of 'special police stations' and ensuring death penalty or life term to those accused of raping minors were among a host of proposals mooted by the Aam Aadmi Party government on Monday to deal with cases of sexual violence.
Mehta told Justice Suresh Kait that convict Pawan Gupta's move of not filing a curative or a mercy petition is a deliberate, calculated inaction.
Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi said even the court understands that the convicts are filing pleas one after the other just to delay the hanging.
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