The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a plea for disqualification of MPs and MLAs chargesheeted for crime against women but agreed to go into issues of fast track trial of rape cases and implementation of laws for safety of women. The apex court, which was hearing two PILs filed after the December 16 gangrape incident, said it can only give notice to the government on limited issues as...
01:22 PM, Jan 04, 2013
The Supreme Court reduces the death penalty of Priyadarshini Mattoo's killer to life imprisonment. ...
09:42 PM, Oct 06, 2010
It was a "rarest of the rare" case and the punishment has to be only death sentence, says Priyadarshini's father. ...
12:20 PM, Oct 06, 2010
The Supreme Court cites benefit of doubt in the rape and murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo case. ...
12:10 PM, Oct 06, 2010
New Delhi: The Supreme Court reduced the death sentence of Santosh Singh to life imprisonment in the Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case. CNN-IBN speaks to Priyadarshini's father after the judgement. CNN-IBN: Sir the judgement is out. Are you happy with the judgement? Chaman Lal Mattoo: We expected the Supreme Court would uphold the judgement by the High Court. It is a "rarest of the rare" case. The punishment has...
11:39 AM, Oct 06, 2010
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Santosh Kumar Singh in the 14-year-old Priyadarshini Mattoo rape and murder case but reduced the death sentence to life imprisonment, saying certain things were in his favour. "The conviction is maintained," a Bench comprising Justices H S Bedi and C K Prasad said. However, the Bench said, "To our mind, certain things are in favour of the appellant (Singh)....
07:36 AM, Oct 06, 2010
