Jyoti Singh Rape

Supreme Court on Monday upheld death sentences for three men over the infamous gang-rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi in 2012 that sparked national protests and led to tough new penalties for sexual violence.

A 30-year-old law student in Kerala was raped and murdered and her intestines were found hanging out in an incident that has chilling echoes of the 2012 gangrape of Delhi student Jyoti Singh, who came to be known as Nirbhaya.

The Rajya Sabha today passed by voice vote the Juvenile Justice Bill, amending the law to try 16 year olds accused of serious crimes such as rape and murder, as adults. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill, which will now be sent to the President for ratification.

Parents of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh, who was gang-raped and tortured by six men on the night of December 16, 2012 in Delhi, today met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and were assured of his support for the passing of the Juvenile Justice Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

Maneka Gandhi, union minister for women and child development, today made a strong pitch in the Rajya Sabha for the Juvenile Justice Bill, which seeks to amend the law to allow trying those over 16 years of age and accused of heinous crimes, as adults.

Under pressure after massive public protests, political parties have agreed to discuss in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, the Juvenile Justice Bill, which seeks to amend the law to allow trying those over 16 years of age and accused of heinous crimes, as adults.

A petition challenging the release of the youngest of six men found guilty of raping and torturing a medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 was rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday. The petition was filed by the Delhi Commission for Women after midnight on Saturday. Below are the five observations that the top court made:

A petition to stop the release of the youngest of six men who gang-raped and tortured a student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 was rejected today by the Supreme Court, which questioned: "Under what jurisdiction can we extend his detention?" The convict, now 20, was released on Sunday from a correctional home - where he spent three years - to a no...

Release papers were signed at 5 pm today for the youngest convict in the December 16 gang-rape case. The convict, who was in the custody of Delhi Police for security purposes for the last week, has been handed over to a Delhi-based non-profit organisation.

The mother of a medical student who was raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 has said the women's panel's late night plea in the Supreme Court against the release of the youngest convict in the case is "just for show" and added that the government "has failed us."

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by the Delhi Commission for Women against the release of the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case on Monday. However, the court hasn't put a stay on juvenile's scheduled release from his reform home today at 5 pm.

"We haven't got justice," said Asha Devi, the distraught mother of Jyoti Singh after the Delhi High Court ruled today that the youngest of six men who brutally gang-raped her daughter on a moving bus in 2012 cannot be kept in a special home any more.

Reactions poured in as the Delhi Court today said that the youngest of six men who raped and tortured a young medical student, Jyoti Singh, on a moving bus in 2012 can no longer be kept at a special home.

The youngest of six men who raped and tortured a young medical student on a moving bus in 2012, is likely to walk free on Sunday, with the Delhi High Court saying he can no longer be kept at a correctional home where he has spent a three-year sentence.

Supreme Court on Monday upheld death sentences for three men over the infamous gang-rape and murder of a woman in New Delhi in 2012 that sparked national protests and led to tough new penalties for sexual violence.

A 30-year-old law student in Kerala was raped and murdered and her intestines were found hanging out in an incident that has chilling echoes of the 2012 gangrape of Delhi student Jyoti Singh, who came to be known as Nirbhaya.

The Rajya Sabha today passed by voice vote the Juvenile Justice Bill, amending the law to try 16 year olds accused of serious crimes such as rape and murder, as adults. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill, which will now be sent to the President for ratification.

Parents of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh, who was gang-raped and tortured by six men on the night of December 16, 2012 in Delhi, today met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and were assured of his support for the passing of the Juvenile Justice Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

Maneka Gandhi, union minister for women and child development, today made a strong pitch in the Rajya Sabha for the Juvenile Justice Bill, which seeks to amend the law to allow trying those over 16 years of age and accused of heinous crimes, as adults.

Under pressure after massive public protests, political parties have agreed to discuss in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, the Juvenile Justice Bill, which seeks to amend the law to allow trying those over 16 years of age and accused of heinous crimes, as adults.

A petition challenging the release of the youngest of six men found guilty of raping and torturing a medical student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 was rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday. The petition was filed by the Delhi Commission for Women after midnight on Saturday. Below are the five observations that the top court made:

A petition to stop the release of the youngest of six men who gang-raped and tortured a student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 was rejected today by the Supreme Court, which questioned: "Under what jurisdiction can we extend his detention?" The convict, now 20, was released on Sunday from a correctional home - where he spent three years - to a no...

Release papers were signed at 5 pm today for the youngest convict in the December 16 gang-rape case. The convict, who was in the custody of Delhi Police for security purposes for the last week, has been handed over to a Delhi-based non-profit organisation.

The mother of a medical student who was raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 has said the women's panel's late night plea in the Supreme Court against the release of the youngest convict in the case is "just for show" and added that the government "has failed us."

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by the Delhi Commission for Women against the release of the juvenile convict in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case on Monday. However, the court hasn't put a stay on juvenile's scheduled release from his reform home today at 5 pm.

"We haven't got justice," said Asha Devi, the distraught mother of Jyoti Singh after the Delhi High Court ruled today that the youngest of six men who brutally gang-raped her daughter on a moving bus in 2012 cannot be kept in a special home any more.

Reactions poured in as the Delhi Court today said that the youngest of six men who raped and tortured a young medical student, Jyoti Singh, on a moving bus in 2012 can no longer be kept at a special home.

The youngest of six men who raped and tortured a young medical student on a moving bus in 2012, is likely to walk free on Sunday, with the Delhi High Court saying he can no longer be kept at a correctional home where he has spent a three-year sentence.