Recent Highlights
All Stories for 2012 Delhi Gangrape Case
Asha Devi, families of other survivors and victims of rape are banishing the silence around sexual violence
Sneha Rout • 5 years agoAs Rebecca Solnit writes, “Women are instructed by the way victims are treated and by the widespread tolerance of the epidemic of violence that their value is low, that speaking up may result in more punishment, that silence may be a better survival strategy."
2012 Delhi gangrape case: Fresh death warrants issued for convicts; all 4 to be hanged on 20 March at 5.30 am
• 5 years agoThe advocate for the four death row convicts in the Delhi gangrape and murder case also told the court that there was no legal impediment for court in proceeding to fix the date of execution.
President rejects 2012 Delhi gangrape convict Pawan Gupta’s mercy petition; all legal remedies available to perpetrators exhausted
• 5 years agoPresident Ram Nath Kovind has rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Kumar Gupta, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case
2012 Delhi gangrape case: Delhi govt recommends rejecting mercy plea of Pawan Gupta; MHA to forward petition to president for consideration
• 5 years agoThe Delhi government on Monday recommended rejecting mercy petition of Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case.
2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convicts won't be hanged tomorrow, rules court; Pawan Gupta filed mercy petition with president
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe four convicts —Vinay Sharma, Akshay Singh Thakur, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh — were scheduled to be hanged at 6 am tomorrow at Delhi's Tihar Jail.
2012 gangrape and murder case: Had made all necessary preparations for execution of four convicts, say Tihar jail authorities after deferment
• 5 years agoDelhi's Tihar Jail authorities had made all necessary preparations for the hanging of four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case which was scheduled for Tuesday, officials said Monday. However, on Monday evening, a city court deferred the hanging till further orders.
2012 Delhi gangrape case: SC dismisses Pawan Gupta's curative plea; Delhi court dismisses plea to stay execution of death warrant, hearing at 2 pm today
Fp Staff • 5 years agoIn his curative plea, Delhi gangrape convict Pawan Gupta had pleaded when was offence was committed his age was 16 years and two months as per the school records last attended by him.
Indian govt's porn ban is empty, illusory measure; tackling sexual assault needs real intent and action
Partha P Chakrabartty • 6 years agoThe porn ban covers less than 2 percent of porn websites online. Since it is clearly not about banning porn, what is the porn ban really about?
2012 Delhi gangrape case: Convict Vinay Sharma's claim of mental illness 'bundle of distorted facts', Tihar authorities tell Delhi court
• 5 years agoTihar jail authorities Saturday termed as a bundle of distorted facts the claim by one of the four death row convicts in the Jyoti Singh gang rape and murder that he is suffering from mental illness
2012 Delhi gangrape: Vinay Sharma, one of four death row convicts, bangs head against wall in Tihar jail, sustains injury
• 5 years agoA Delhi court on Monday ordered that the four convicts – Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Kumar Sharma and Akshay Kumar in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case be hanged on at 6 am on 3 March.