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Nirbhaya Gangrape Case SC verdict LIVE UPDATES: Rapists to be hanged, rules top court

on the 16 December 2012 in Delhi, Nirbhaya gangrape case and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student last year had upheld the death sentenced to the four convicts by the Delhi High Court and the trial court
On Monday, on the death sentence of three of the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case, it has upheld the judgment by the Supreme Court.
Today, it has been disregarded the convicts’ petitions by a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan.
The verdict on 2016, Nirbhaya gang rape case has been delivered by the Justice Dipak Misra who is headed the bench. this plea has filed by Mukesh who is 29 years old, Pawan Gupta, 22 years old and 23 years old Vinay Sharma . after delivering the verdict, Dipak Misra said that judgment is absolutely correct and the convicts had failed to point out an error in the judgment.
after that, it is further added by the court that it had heard detailed at the time of appeals by the convicts but there were no grounds to reconsider the verdict.
Advocate A P Singh, representing The fourth convict, Akshay Kumar Singh has told that ”it had not been filed a review petition by Akshay Kumar Singh against the court yet. We will be filing it.”

on the 16 December 2012 in Delhi, Nirbhaya gangrape case and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student last year, the top court had upheld the death sentence awarded to the four convicts by the Delhi High Court and the trial court meanwhile, in Tihar jail one of the accused, Ram Singh has allegedly committed suicide whether the another teenage accused was convicted by the juvenile justice board and after three years it had been released from a reformation home.

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16:05
09 JUL 2018

Delhi CM Kejriwal believes SC ruling will act as a deterrent
@ArvindKejriwal
This wud act as a deterrent for those who indulge in such heinous crimes.

Jul 9, 2018
3:39 pm –
Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP MP gave a statement on SC upholds death penalty for 2012 Delhi gang-rape convicts.
”SC’s judgment has raised and restored people’s faith in the judiciary. We as a society need to send a very strong message to the culprits and accused in cases of rapes,”
Jul 9, 2018
3:33 pm
on Supreme Court upheld death penalty for 2012 Delhi gangrape convicts, P P Chaudhary, Minister of State (MoS) for Law and Justice said
“The entire country welcomes the Supreme Court judgment. It will prove as a lesson for people who commit such crimes,”

Jul 9, 2018
2:57 pm
“Nirbhya finally gets Justice. It was the most gruesome crime..,” tweets Kiran Bedi in 2012 Delhi gangrape case.

Jul 9, 2018
2:51 pm
“Our struggle does not end here. Justice is getting delayed. It’s affecting other daughters of the society. I request judiciary to tighten their judicial system, serve justice to Nirbhaya by hanging them as soon as possible and help other girls and women,” says Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gangrape victim.

Jul 9, 2018
2:39 pm
After the Supreme Court Verdict in Nirbhaya Case, Her Mother Says Battle is Still On | “It’s a legal procedure, which we want to end soon with therapists being hanged. Like my daughter has got justice, I hope all daughters of India to get justice. Even if Nirbhaya’s rapists manage to evade the death penalty (through judicial means available to them), I will be satisfied that at least the government has made a law for hanging rapists, following the 2012 Delhi gangrape incident,” Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi said, adding that the battle is still on

3:27
09 JUL 2018

Judgment result of public pressure: Defence lawyer
The counsels for the accused, however, said public pressure had influenced the case. “This judgment is a result of public pressure. Therefore, it is not fair or right. The political or public pressure of any kind should not influence a case,” convict Akshay’s lawyer A P Singh had said.

13:16 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

Overwhelmed by the verdict: Victim’s father
While making their way out of the court premises after the verdict last year, the victim’s parents had said, “The court has meted out justice not only to us but to the entire nation which came out in support of our daughter. We are overwhelmed,” her father said. He added, “We were nervous about the verdict, but it has turned out well. Back in 2012, so many people took to the streets and braved water cannons, tear gas and lathis despite it being winter. The judgment has taken forward the fight against crimes that took my daughter’s life.”

13:10 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

‘Protests against the incident, nation’s support helped the victim get justice’
On the verdict against the convicts, the victim’s parents last year said that it was the protests against the gangrape and murder of their daughter and the nation’s overwhelming support that had helped her get justice. “The nation’s collective conscience has been taken into account… it is an important parameter in the case,” senior counsel Siddharth Luthra, representing the prosecution, said.

12:47 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

What all happened during the hearing last year?
During the hearing last year, the bench had told advocate M L Sharma, appearing for Mukesh, that he has to make out a case for review of the analysis arrived at by the court in its May 5 verdict. When the council raised the issue of alleged “illegal evidence” against the convict, the bench said, “You had argued all these points and we had rejected it”. “How were the marks of your (Mukesh) teeth found on the leg of the victim,” the bench asked. To this, Sharma alleged that Mukesh was framed by the police and tortured.

12:25 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

Delhi Police oppose Mukesh’s review petition
Last year, the Delhi Police had opposed the plea filed by Mukesh in the top court. The police told the bench, headed by the CJI, that submissions advanced by the counsel appearing for convict Mukesh do not make out a case for review of the apex court’s judgment.

12:12 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

What happened to the remaining two accused?
While one of the accused, Ram Singh, allegedly committed suicide in Tihar jail, another accused, a juvenile, was convicted by the juvenile justice board and was released after three years from a reformation home.

12:12 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

What happened on December 16, 2012?
On the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012, a 23-year-old paramedic student was gang-raped inside a moving bus in South Delhi by six persons and severely assaulted before being thrown out naked. The victim succumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012, at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. The incident had triggered a massive anger among the people, forcing the government to adopt several laws to ensure the safety of women.

12:03 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

Convict Mukesh falsely implicated: Lawyer
In 2017, the top court had upheld the death sentence awarded to the four convicts by the Delhi High Court and the trial court in the gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic student on December 16, 2012, in the national capital. However, Mukesh’s lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma said his client is innocent and was falsely implicated.

11:54 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

The fourth convict yet to file review plea
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan is expected to deliver its verdict on the pleas filed by Mukesh (29), Pawan Gupta (22) and Vinay Sharma (23). The fourth convict, Akshay Kumar Singh (31), has not filed a review plea. Advocate A P Singh, representing Akshay Kumar Singh, told PTI, “Akshay has not filed a review petition yet. We will be filing it.”

11:45 (IST)
09 JUL 2018

SC to decide on review plea of three convicts today
The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment on the review petition filed by three out of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case today. The review petition urges the court to reduce the death sentence to life imprisonment.