Bangladesh war crimes tribunal on Thursday handed down death penalty to a top leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan, triggering fierce clashes across the country that left at least 35 people dead. 73-year-old Delwar Hossain Sayedee, vice-president of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of eight counts out of 20 involving rape, mass killings and...
11:55 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Bangladesh was on the boil on Thursday as at least 23 people, including three policemen, were killed and scores injured in violence after a death sentence was handed down to a top leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for "crimes against humanity" during the 1971 liberation war. The violence followed the verdict of the special Bangladeshi tribunal that handed down death penalty to Delwar Hossain Sayedee, vice-president of the party, amid...
08:17 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Justice Usha Mehra, who submitted a report on the police response during and after the Delhi gangrape incident, has said that the juvenile accused in similar cases, "if they know what they are doing, should be punished". Speaking to CNN-IBN, Justice Mehra also advocated death penalty for the rarest of rare rape cases. ...
02:55 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Supreme Court on Wednesday cited Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar case and extended the stay on the execution of four aides of the infamous forest brigand Veerappan "till further orders". The apex court also adjourned the matter for six weeks. ...
11:44 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday called for the abolition of death penalty. The leader issued a statement saying had the long-pending demand for the abolition of death penalty been obliged, executions happening now could have been avoided. ...
05:35 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Senior Supreme Court Advocate Fali Nariman has said that in a country like India, death penalty cannot be abolished easily but added that life imprisonment must mean imprisonment for entire life. ...
08:48 PM, Feb 17, 2013
The Supreme Court has refused to admit their petition amidst speculation that they may be hanged soon. Their hanging is reportedly imminent after the rejection of their mercy plea. Human rights activist Shanthi Fonseca said, "There is no imminent danger meaning execution is not going to take place so that is enough for us. Because when the Supreme Court is saying the execution cannot take place, then they have to ...
12:20 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Uncertainty remains over the fate of four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan on death row after their mercy plea was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee as well as the Supreme Court. The apex court on Saturday refused to admit their petition amidst speculation that they may be hanged soon. ...
09:59 AM, Feb 17, 2013
Senior Supreme Court Advocate Fali Nariman has said that in a country like India, death penalty should be abolished but also empahasised that life imprisonment must mean imprisonment for entire life. ...
08:01 AM, Feb 17, 2013
The Supreme Court on Saturday declined to hear the review plea filed by the four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan against their death penalty. The SC, while rejecting the plea, said there was no proof the hanging would take place on Sunday. ...
08:44 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The four associates of infamous forest brigand Veerappan have moved the Supreme Court against death penalty. The four were sentenced to death for a landmine blast that killed 21 people in Palar, Karnataka, in 1993. Recently, President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected their mercy pleas. ...
06:39 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The AugustaWestland chopper deal got murkier with allegations of bribery now being levelled directly at the former Air Chief, SP Tyagi. ...
09:25 PM, Feb 13, 2013
At least five persons were injured as fresh protests broke out in Kashmir on Tuesday against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. ...
11:41 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Read the complete text of the Supreme Court of India's August 4, 2005 judgment upholding the death sentence awarded to Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. ...
01:06 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Texas is set to execute Kimberly McCarthy by lethal injection on Tuesday, the first woman to be put to death in the United States in more than two years. The execution is scheduled to be carried out at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas after 6 pm local time. ...
05:44 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Sunday said he was in "favour of early hanging of Afzal Guru", sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in the Parliament attack case. "I have always believed that there should be a time limit for the disposal of mercy petitions pending before the President," Singh told PTI. ...
01:44 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Will Justice Verma panel's recommendations go a long way in ensuring gender justice? Women's rights crusader Kavita Krishnan shared her perspective on this subject with IBNLive readers. ...
04:46 PM, Jan 25, 2013
The Justice JS Verma panel has submitted its report on the changes needed to fight crimes against women and suggested that the maximum punishment for rape should be life imprisonment. ...
09:32 PM, Jan 23, 2013
A fast track court in New Delhi on Tuesday sentenced to death a 60-year-old farmhouse guard for raping and killing a three-year-old girl. Holding Bharat Singh guilty of raping and killing a rickshaw puller's minor daughter two years ago, Judge Virender Bhat termed the offence as "rarest of rare". ...
03:56 AM, Jan 16, 2013
A 60-year-old farmhouse guard was on Tuesday awarded death penalty by a Delhi court for raping and killing a three-year-old girl nearly two years ago. Fast Track Court judge Virender Bhat termed the offence as "rarest of rare" while handing down the maximum sentence to Bharat Singh for raping a rickshaw puller's minor daughter, who died during the commission of the crime. ...
05:49 PM, Jan 15, 2013
