New Delhi, July 9: The Supreme Court is expected to pronounce its judgment on the review petitions filed by the three convicts in the December 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case. The apex court had on May 4 reserved its order on the review petitions filed by the convicts– Pawan Gupta(31), Vinay Sharma (25), and Mukesh (31). The convicts have been seeking a reduction of their death sentence to a life term. Stay with us to catch live news updates on Nirbhaya gang-rape case verdict.
A three-judge bench of the top court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and also comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and R Bhanumathi, will pronounce the verdict in the case. The SC will be pronouncing review petitions of the three convicts. The fourth convict in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case, 33-year-old Akshay Thakur, didn’t file any review petition yet even though the apex court had granted three weeks time to Akshay to file his review petition in the case.
On the night of December 12, a 23-year-old paramedical student was assaulted and raped by six persons in a moving bus in South Delhi. Following a huge uproar, she was flown to a Singapore hospital for treatment. She died during the treatment on December 29 the same year. All the six accused in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case were arrested. Out of the six convicts, prime accused Ram Singh had allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar jail in 2013 during the trial of the case.
Nirbhaya Gang-rape Case Verdict Live: They were not juveniles. It is unfortunate that they committed such crime. This decision reaffirms our trust in the court that we will definitely get justice: Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang rape victim.
Nirbhaya Gang-rape Case Verdict Live: We knew that review petition will be dismissed. But what next? So much time has gone by & threat to women have gone up in this span. I believe sooner they’re hanged, better it is, says Badrinath Singh,father of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim
Nirbhaya Gang-rape Case Verdict Live: Satisfied with the verdict, our fight will continue, says Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim.
Nirbhaya Gang-rape Case Verdict Live:“This judgment has been taken under, public, political and media pressure,” says AP Singh, rapists’ counsel
Nirbhaya Gang-rape Case Verdict Live:“This judgment has been taken under, public, political and media pressure,” says AP Singh, rapists’ counsel
Nirbhaya Gang-rape Case Verdict Live: No ground to reconsider verdict and upholds death penalty, says SC
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