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
The CPI(M) has sent its recommendations to the three member committee headed by Justice JS Verma to suggest amendments in laws for faster justice and enhanced punishment in cases of sexual assault. The party has recommended a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for the entire life of a person in cases of aggravated sexual assault. The party has also said 'no' to death penalty, chemical castration or further lowering the...
05:14 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday met Director Generals of Police and Home Secretaries from all the states over providing more security to women. Several aspects of crimes against women were discussed at the meeting in the national capital. ...
06:10 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Opposing the demand for death penalty for rapists, Khaps in Haryana on Sunday said no law should be introduced in a hurry which can be misused. Speaking at a village in Hisar, Khap leader Sube Singh said that the authorities should not be carried away by emotions in the wake of the public protests over the gangrape issue and demand for death penalty for rapists. ...
12:53 AM, Dec 31, 2012
Singapore on Sunday said it would cite the "heartbreaking case" of the 23-year-old Delhi braveheart as an example to reject demands for abolition of death penalty in the city state. In a Facebook post, Singapore's Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam said people were "sickened" by the horrific gangrape and her subsequent death here. ...
06:39 PM, Dec 30, 2012
The Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh has reportedly written a letter to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, demanding death penalty for rapists. In his letter, DGP AC Sharma said that rape must be treated as a rarest of rare crime and be dealt with accordingly. ...
12:30 PM, Dec 28, 2012
The father of the Delhi gangrape survivor has appealed for calm and has said that her daughter's tormentors deserve death penalty. As the angry protesters continued with their agitation in New Delhi on Sunday, the father of the 23-year-old paramedical student said his daughter is a "fighter" and he is confident she will "overcome all obstacles". ...
08:05 AM, Dec 24, 2012
Two gang-rape accused brought before a Delhi court on Sunday once again repeated their statement that they had committed a horrible crime and "deserved to be hanged". They, however, refused to undergo an identification exercise. ...
01:40 AM, Dec 24, 2012
Renowned actor Kamal Hassan on Sunday said he was ashamed of the gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in Delhi, but was against awarding death penalty to rapists. "I am against the decision to give them capital punishment because it is not the right way to deal a crime with another crime. Capital punishment itself is a judicially assisted murder," he said. ...
01:09 AM, Dec 24, 2012
Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma on Thursday yet again embarrassed his party with his remark that Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru should be spared the death penalty and sentenced to life imprisonment instead. While the Congress played it safe on the remark and refused to comment, Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh slammed Beni saying that he was an expert in giving irresponsible statements. ...
02:13 PM, Dec 13, 2012
