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Ghaziabad "Gang-Rape Story" Made Up By The Woman, Cops Claim
The 36-year-old who alleged rape was misusing law to get back at men with whom she had a property dispute, says UP regional police chief
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Time To Introspect On Convicts' Manipulating, Delaying Tactics: Law Minister On Nirbhaya Case
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday was a "day of satisfaction" with Nirbhaya "getting justice", but it is also time to introspect whether death-row convicts could be allowed to "manipulate" the system to delay execution.
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"Courts Watching Tamasha": Nirbhaya's Mother Slams Delay In Execution
Asha Devi, mother of the 24-year-old medical student whose fatal gang-rape in 2012 on a bus in Delhi prompted a massive outpouring of public anger and tough new laws against sexual violence, said on Monday that the repeated delay in the execution of the convicts shows the "ineffectiveness" of India's legal system.
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Convicts In Nirbhaya Case To Be Hanged Soon: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured the Lok Sabha that convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case will be hanged soon.
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"Need To Amend Our Law": Arvind Kejriwal On Nirbhaya Case
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said it is sad that the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya case are "escaping death sentence" by using legal loopholes, stressing that there is an urgent need to amend the laws to ensure hanging in cases of rape within six months.
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Centre Goes To Supreme Court For "Victim Centric" Rules In Death Penalty Cases
The government today asked the Supreme Court for a change in guidelines in death penalty cases to bring in a seven-day time limit for convicts to use their last available legal options before execution. The current rules are skewed towards convicts and allows them to "play with the law and delay execution," the centre said in its petition, amid ang...
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"No Shortfall In Anti-Rape Laws, Implementation Faulty": Nirbhaya's Father To NDTV
When Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan claimed in parliament on Monday that people involved in heinous rape-murders were best "lynched in public", the idea found favour with many who believed that conventional punishments are not adequate to stem the occurrence of such crimes. A notable exception was Badrinath Singh, the father of a medical student ...
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1,023 Fast Track Courts To Be Set Up Under Nirbhaya Fund: Ministry
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to use Nirbhaya Fund to set up 1,023 fast track courts to dispose off pending cases of rape of children and women. In July, the Ministry of Law and Justice had proposed setting up over 1,000 'fast track special courts' across the country, as part of a new scheme to try cases related to r...
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Crime Rates Rising Due To Delay In Justice, Says Nirbhaya's Mother
Nirbhaya's motger held the law enforcement authorities responsible for the increasing crime rates, saying that the delay in bringing the criminals to justice is what encourages them.
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Government Plans Fast Track Courts For Speedy Trials Of Rape Cases
The Law Ministry has come up with a proposal to set up "special" fast track courts across India to try rape cases as part of a larger scheme to strengthen infrastructure for better investigation and swift prosecution in such cases.
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5 Years After Nirbhaya, All We Have Are Empty Promises, Says Her Mother
In the months and years when her daughter died after suffering for 10 days, Asha Devi still had a lingering hope: That Nirbhaya's pain wouldn't go in vain. India had upgraded its laws for crimes against women, the Union government promised more boots on the ground and the city government, a rule that no bus could operate in the national capital wit...
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5 Years Since Nirbhaya Gang-Rape: The Story So Far
December 16, 2017, will mark five years of the brutal Delhi gang-rape incident that triggered nation-wide protests and led to formation of new laws on crimes against women in the country.
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Justice Dipak Misra To Be Next Chief Justice Of India: Law Ministry
Justice Dipak Misra, who led the Supreme Court bench that confirmed death to four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case, will succeed Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India
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Nirbhaya Verdict: Ravi Shankar Prasad Favours Death Penalty
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday favoured the existence of death penalty in the statutes, saying he was satisfied that it was invoked in the rarest of rare instance like the December 16 gang-rape case, over which there was a public outcry.
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Opinion: How A Kerala Mother Copes With Her Daughter's Rape And Murder
When class, caste and gender discrimination come together, as in this case, the injustice becomes insurmountable for the families of victims.
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Ghaziabad "Gang-Rape Story" Made Up By The Woman, Cops Claim
The 36-year-old who alleged rape was misusing law to get back at men with whom she had a property dispute, says UP regional police chief
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Time To Introspect On Convicts' Manipulating, Delaying Tactics: Law Minister On Nirbhaya Case
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday was a "day of satisfaction" with Nirbhaya "getting justice", but it is also time to introspect whether death-row convicts could be allowed to "manipulate" the system to delay execution.
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"Courts Watching Tamasha": Nirbhaya's Mother Slams Delay In Execution
Asha Devi, mother of the 24-year-old medical student whose fatal gang-rape in 2012 on a bus in Delhi prompted a massive outpouring of public anger and tough new laws against sexual violence, said on Monday that the repeated delay in the execution of the convicts shows the "ineffectiveness" of India's legal system.
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Convicts In Nirbhaya Case To Be Hanged Soon: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured the Lok Sabha that convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case will be hanged soon.
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"Need To Amend Our Law": Arvind Kejriwal On Nirbhaya Case
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said it is sad that the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya case are "escaping death sentence" by using legal loopholes, stressing that there is an urgent need to amend the laws to ensure hanging in cases of rape within six months.
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Centre Goes To Supreme Court For "Victim Centric" Rules In Death Penalty Cases
The government today asked the Supreme Court for a change in guidelines in death penalty cases to bring in a seven-day time limit for convicts to use their last available legal options before execution. The current rules are skewed towards convicts and allows them to "play with the law and delay execution," the centre said in its petition, amid ang...
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"No Shortfall In Anti-Rape Laws, Implementation Faulty": Nirbhaya's Father To NDTV
When Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan claimed in parliament on Monday that people involved in heinous rape-murders were best "lynched in public", the idea found favour with many who believed that conventional punishments are not adequate to stem the occurrence of such crimes. A notable exception was Badrinath Singh, the father of a medical student ...
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1,023 Fast Track Courts To Be Set Up Under Nirbhaya Fund: Ministry
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has decided to use Nirbhaya Fund to set up 1,023 fast track courts to dispose off pending cases of rape of children and women. In July, the Ministry of Law and Justice had proposed setting up over 1,000 'fast track special courts' across the country, as part of a new scheme to try cases related to r...
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Crime Rates Rising Due To Delay In Justice, Says Nirbhaya's Mother
Nirbhaya's motger held the law enforcement authorities responsible for the increasing crime rates, saying that the delay in bringing the criminals to justice is what encourages them.
-
Government Plans Fast Track Courts For Speedy Trials Of Rape Cases
The Law Ministry has come up with a proposal to set up "special" fast track courts across India to try rape cases as part of a larger scheme to strengthen infrastructure for better investigation and swift prosecution in such cases.
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5 Years After Nirbhaya, All We Have Are Empty Promises, Says Her Mother
In the months and years when her daughter died after suffering for 10 days, Asha Devi still had a lingering hope: That Nirbhaya's pain wouldn't go in vain. India had upgraded its laws for crimes against women, the Union government promised more boots on the ground and the city government, a rule that no bus could operate in the national capital wit...
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5 Years Since Nirbhaya Gang-Rape: The Story So Far
December 16, 2017, will mark five years of the brutal Delhi gang-rape incident that triggered nation-wide protests and led to formation of new laws on crimes against women in the country.
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Justice Dipak Misra To Be Next Chief Justice Of India: Law Ministry
Justice Dipak Misra, who led the Supreme Court bench that confirmed death to four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case, will succeed Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India
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Nirbhaya Verdict: Ravi Shankar Prasad Favours Death Penalty
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday favoured the existence of death penalty in the statutes, saying he was satisfied that it was invoked in the rarest of rare instance like the December 16 gang-rape case, over which there was a public outcry.
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Opinion: How A Kerala Mother Copes With Her Daughter's Rape And Murder
When class, caste and gender discrimination come together, as in this case, the injustice becomes insurmountable for the families of victims.
