Politicians face heat in courts, landmark verdicts in 2013

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 11:17

Landmark judgements on politicians coupled with corruption cases involving corporate honchos kept trial courts here busy in 2013, which also saw four accused in the December 16 gang-rape and murder case sent to the gallows.

Trust to be set up to help rape victims: Nirbhaya`s mother

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 01:16

The mother of the 23-year-old Delhi December 16 gangrape victim on Monday announced that her family will set up of a trust to help rape victims.

Politicians call for more efforts to prevent rape

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 23:34

Cutting across political lines, prominent leaders who on Monday participated in a prayer meet for the victim of the December 16 gang-rape, pledged to ensure that such incidents does not reoccur in the future.

December 16 gang-rape case: Convicts claim FIR was illegal

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 22:22

Two of four death row convicts in December 16 gang-rape case claimed before Delhi HC that police had registered FIR on basis of a "false" story narrated by girl`s male friend against them.

One year on, December 16 gangrape victim`s memory lives in minds

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 20:39

Prayer meetings, marches, candle light vigils, street plays and musical performances across the city marked one year of the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus last year even as the braveheart` parents said they are yet to get justice.

I want to forget night of December 16: Juvenile rapist tells officials

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 20:08

As the country remembered the braveheart who was brutally gang-raped on December 16 exactly a year ago, the juvenile who escaped with lighter punishment after being convicted in the case spent the entire day watching reports flashed by the media on the incident.

Candles lit at Munirka bus stand in memory of ‘Nirbhaya’

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 17:13

People lit candles and held solidarity marches in remembrance of the horrific Dec 16 Delhi gang-rape that shook the nation, as the victim`s parents demanded the juvenile convicted in the crime be given the strictest punishment.

Rape cases doubled in Delhi post December 16

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 17:12

The number of reported rape cases has doubled and sexual assault cases increased fourfold in the national capital after the Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape, an international human rights organisation said on Monday.

Can`t forget this day: Celebrities on Dec 16 gang rape

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 16:51

Bollywood celebrities like Gauri Shinde and Mallika Sherawat said days like this can`t be forgotten.

For sexual offences, fast-track courts are really not so fast!

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 15:29

Interestingly, regular courts last year decided over 500 such cases compared to fast-track courts, according to statistics from Delhi courts.

Delhi gang-rape: Law changed but society still remains unchanged, says Nirbhaya`s father

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 07:52

One year after his daughter became the victim of the bestiality perpetrated by six monsters in a moving bus on the sinister night of December 16, Nirbhaya`s father complained that there was no change in the mindset of the society.

Delhi gang-rape shame: Nirbhaya fund unused, claims AAP member

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 04:52

It`s been one year since the spine-chilling incident of Nirbhaya gang-rape that stirred millions of souls, rousing the countrymen out of apathy forcing them to take to streets to protest.