Death Penalty : Executions In India Post-2000 Before Nirbhaya Case

The execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case - Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh Thakur, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Kumar Gupta - was carried out at Tihar Jail, Delhi on Friday morning at 5. 30 PM.This is the second instance of simultaneous hanging of four convicts in post-Independence India. The were hanged at the Yerawada central jail for the murder of 1 Read more...

Four Convicts Hanged To Death At Tihar Jail In Nirbhaya Case After Late Night Legal Battles [Read Timeline]

The execution of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case - Mukesh Singh(32), Akshay Kumar Singh(31) , Vinay Sharma(26) and Pawan Kumar Gupta(25) - was carried out at Tihar Jail, Delhi on Friday morning at 5. 30 AM.Though the convicts made late night attempts to stall the execution by filing a revision petition in the Delhi HC and also a writ petition in the Supreme Court,...

Nirbhaya Case : SC Dismisses Final Plea Of Convicts To Stay Execution After Past Midnight Hearing [Read Order]

Hours before the scheduled execution, the convicts in the Nirbhaya case knocked the doors of the Supreme Court past midnight, hoping for a last minute judicial intervention to extend their lives.But the last ditch effort of the convicts met with no success, as the bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bhushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea, after a special sitting which commenced...

Breaking: Delhi HC Dismisses Late Night Plea By Nirbhaya Convicts To Stay Execution

After a special hearing which started around 10 PM, the Delhi HC on Thursday dismissed the late night petition filed by the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case seeking stay of execution scheduled to take place tomorrow at 5.30 AM. A bench of Justice Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula said there was no merit in the petition. The hearing was held at the residence of Justice Manmohan.The...

[Live Updates]Nirbhaya Case : Delhi HC Special Hearing For Stay Of Execution

Delhi HC Division Bench assembles at the residence of Justice Manmohan to hear the challenge of #NirbhayaCaseConvicts against the trial court's refusal to stay...

Bail Is Rule And Jail Is Exception: SC Reminds HC That Denied Bail To Accused Even After Police Filed Closure Report [Read Judgment]

Bail is rule and jail is exception, reminded the Apex Court while granting bail to a person whose bail application was rejected by the High Court even though the Police had filed closure report. A forgery case was registered against the accused in 2012. The police filed a closure report in 2013. But five years later, a Judicial Magistrate ordered further investigation. He was...

Surrender Of Passport Can Be Ordered To Ensure Presence Of Parties In Contempt Proceedings: SC [Read Judgment]

"In order to ensure the presence of the parties in the contempt proceedings, the Court is empowered to pass appropriate orders including the surrender of passport."

[Breaking] SC Orders Floor Test In Madhya Pradesh Assembly Tomorrow For Kamal Nath Govt [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that floor test should be held tomorrow in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for proving the majority of Kamal Nath Government.The test should be by show of hands, and should be videographed.A bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta passed the order in the petition filed by former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP...

[Breaking] Nirbhaya Case : Delhi Court Rejects Fresh Plea By Convicts To Stay Execution Of Death Sentence

A Delhi Court on Thursday dismissed the plea moved by Nirbhaya case convicts for staying their execution scheduled to take place tomorrow at 5. 30 AM.Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana of Patiala House stated that the petition was "bereft of merits"."No valid ground has been brought to my notice to justify the stay of execution of death warrants", the Court said.Referring to the...

Breaking: SC Dismisses New Petitions Filed By Nirbhaya Convicts Mukesh And Akshay

One day before the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder convicts are to be executed, two of the convicts, Mukesh and Akshay, approached the Supreme Court in a last ditch effort to defer the same. After hearing them separately, the Bench comprising of Justices R Bhanumati, Ashok Bhushan and AS Bopanna dismissed both.Mukesh's plea for access to evidence in the form of call records and other...

COVID-19: SC Registry To De-Congest Section Rooms; Provide 3 Days Off To Court Staff In Two Batches [Read Notice]

In order to prevent the transmission of the novel Corona virus, the Supreme Court Registry has been directed to "de-congest" its Sections/Rooms and to give three days off to its staff in sets of two batches. "In the wake of recent outbreak of Coronavirus and Flu and as a precautionary measure to prevent any infection to spread, the Competent Authority has directed the...

[COVID-19] Plea In SC Seeks Evacuation Of Protestors From Shaheen Bagh And Other Sites [Read Petition]

A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking urgent direction for immediate dispersal of Shaheen Bagh protestors or any other such sites in view of corona virus threat.The petition, filed by a practising lawyer in the Supreme Court Ashutosh Dubey, however says the protestors can continue their protest after such threat of corona virus is over.Dubey mentioned before the bench led by Justice...