`Sex crime reporting up 30 percent since December 16`

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 23:11

The reporting of sex crimes has increased nearly 30 percent since Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape case, said Daniel Drache, professor of political science at York University, Canada.

December 16 case: Convicts invoke Mahatma to oppose death penalty

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 21:21

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, two of the convicts on death row for the brutal torture and gang-rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student on December 16 contested the trial court`s sentence on Monday.

Delhi assembly elections 2013: Parties may have tough time wooing women voters

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 11:53

As Delhi heads for three-cornered contest among ruling Congress, BJP and AAP in the December 4 polls, the parties are likely to have a tough time wooing around 51 lakh women voters.

Delhi gang-rape case: Defence counsel draw High Court`s ire for absence

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 19:26

Expressing anguish over failure of the defence counsel to appear in the December 16 gang-rape case, Delhi High Court on Friday said "they are running away from court" and warned it would appoint amicus curiae in their place if they do not appear on Monday for arguments.

Counsel of Dec 16 gang-rape convicts `running away`

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 17:55

The Delhi High Court Friday expressed displeasure over the absence of counsel for convicts in the Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape death sentence confirmation case, saying they are "running away" from court and avoiding proceedings.

December 16 gang-rape convicts sought to kill, HC told

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 20:26

Delhi Police on Thursday told the Delhi High Court hearing the confirmation of the death penalty awarded to four convicts in the December 16, 2012 gang-rape case that a conspiracy was hatched to commit rape and then kill the victim.

Dec 16 gang-rape: Police claim enough medical evidence against accused

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 20:38

The trial court had on September 13 awarded death penalty to Mukesh, Vinay, Pawan Kumar Gupta and Akshay for raping the 23-year-old girl in a moving bus in south Delhi on the night of December 16 last year.

Dec 16 gang-rape: HC begins hearing arguments on death reference

Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2013, 20:20

The Delhi High Court on Friday commenced hearing final arguments in the trial court`s reference to it for confirmation of death sentence awarded to four convicts in December 16 gang-rape case.

‘Delhi gang-rape widely reported in France’

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 23:42

The December 16 gang-rape case was widely reported in France not just because of the savage nature of the crime but also due to the protests that followed, French Minister of Women`s Rights Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said here on Monday.

High court hearing in Dec 16 gang-rape case Oct 28

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 21:22

The Delhi High Court Monday posted, for October 28, the hearing of the trial court`s reference for confirming the death sentence to four convicts in the Dec 16 gang-rape case, as a lawyer for two of the convicts sought more time to obtain necessary documents for an appeal.

Dec 16 gang-rape: Two death row convicts get new counsel

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 18:19

An advocate informed the Delhi High Court he will represent two death row convicts in the December 16 gangrape, but the court rejected his plea for recusal of one of the judges from the case.

Delhi gang-rape: Two convicts file appeal

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 22:45

Two men sentenced to death in the December 16, 2012, gang-rape case Monday filed appeals in the Delhi High Court challenging their conviction and sentencing.