December 16

December 16 protests: Waning crowds calling for 'phansi'

Today, 16 December 2013, marks one year since the horrific Delhi gangrape which caused massive nationwide protests across India. From students groups to ordinary citizens, the streets of Delhi last year were filled with those demanding justice for the victim and a change in the country’s rape laws.

December 16 Delhi rape: It's time to give women a better society

A decent society that sees women as equal and productive members of society can be the best tribute to the memory of the December 16 victim in Delhi.

'India's rape epidemic' among Time Magazine's top 10 world news stories

The magazine also mentions other major rape cases that followed, including the gangrape of a photo journalist in Mumbai this year.

Delhi gangrape: All four convicts will hang

Detah for all four convicts, defence lawyer repeats his allegation of political conspiracy.

Crime against women in India: What is their shot at justice?

A quick view of pan-India cases of crime against women, and their shot at justice.

Debate: Should the 4 Delhi rape convicts get death penalty?

In the debate on right to life versus the state's power to define what qualifies as 'rarest of the rare', there are two powerful arguments to weigh in.

Delhi gangrape: Want more punishment for minor, says father of victim

The family of the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern, who was gangraped in a moving bus on 16 December, 2012 in New Delhi, expressed dissatisfaction over the punishment given to the juvenile accused by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Saturday.

Mumbai gangrape: The law is an ass, we made an idiot of it

If a fast-track court is unable to convict a notorious set of criminals in what is an open and shut case eight months after the trial started, can there be any doubt that in India “the law is an ass” and it is apparently taking the periodically-outraged citizens of this country for a ride?

Delhi gangrape: SC permits juvenile board to deliver verdict on minor

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) to deliver its verdict in the 16 December gangrape-cum-murder case involving a minor.

Delhi gangrape: SC order on Swamy's juvenile plea likely on 21 August

Supreme Court today said that it will pronounce its order next week on the maintainability of a plea seeking prosecution of a juvenile accused in the 16 December Delhi gangrape under criminal laws.