Girl gang-raped in Surat, 5 accused arrested

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 10:57

In yet another indication of rising crime against women, a girl was gang-raped by five people in Surat on Tuesday.

Dec 16 gang-rape: File in HC for confirmation of death penalty

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 19:00

A fast-track court, which has sentenced four convicts in the December 16 gang-rape and murder case to death, has sent the case file to the Delhi High Court for confirmation of the capital punishment.

Dec 16 gang-rape convicts allowed to pursue studies in jail

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 18:28

Two of the four death row convicts in the December 16 gang-rape case were on Wednesday allowed to pursue their studies in Tihar Jail by a Delhi court.

Delhi gang-rape convicts lawyer told to explain `misogynist` remarks

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 23:27

The Delhi Bar Council on Tuesday asked AP Singh, the counsel for Delhi gang-rape convicts, to explain what he meant by his remarks that he would burn his daughter alive if she had premarital sex.

Delhi gangrape verdict: Confirmation might take a year

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 18:46

The exultation over speedy justice after a trial court here sentenced the four convicts in Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape to death may turn out to be short-lived as the journey of the case through the higher judiciary may, even if speeded up, take at least an year, jurists and legal experts say.

Defence counsel`s remark in gang-rape case `outrageous`: Anand Sharma

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 14:03

Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Sunday termed the controversial remark of one of the defence lawyers in the December 16 gang-rape case as "outrageous".

Delhi gangrape convict`s wife rues death sentence

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 00:47

Delhi gangrape convict Akshay Thakur`s wife said on Saturday that the court should have thought about the future of their child before awarding death sentence to her husband.

Now three cops turn rapists; teenager gang-raped in J&K, two arrested

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 18:38

A day after death sentence was given to four accused in the Delhi gang-rape case and it was expected that this verdict may act as a deterrent, three police men in J&K allegedly abducted and gang-raped a teenage girl.

Gangrape controversy: Will burn my daughter alive if she had premarital sex, says Defence lawyer

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 17:59

A controversy broke in when the defence lawyer AP Singh of the Delhi gang-rape case said he would have burnt his daughter alive if she was found involved in love affairs and premarital sex.

Death verdict not under political pressure: Gang-rape victim`s father

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 15:13

The father of the Delhi gang-rape victim has taken a strong exception to the defence counsel`s contention that death penalty was awarded to the four convicts under political pressure and termed the statement as an insult to the judiciary.