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2000 Red Fort attack: SC seeks Delhi govt's response to death-row convicts
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Court had, in November 2022, affirmed the convict's death sentence by rejecting a review plea filed by him. Subsequently, in 2024, the convicts' mercy plea was rejected by President Droupadi Murmu.
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28 years after murder, SC directs release of death row convict after findi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Twenty-eight years after the murder, Supreme Court on Monday ordered the release of a death row convict after finding he was a minor at the time of the crime.
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Mumbai train blast case: Information compromises country's security, can't
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Delhi High court on Friday dismissed the appeal of Ehtesham Quubddin Siddiqui, Mumbai Train 2006 blast death row convict against the Central Information Commission's order.
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SC reserves order on plea of death row convict, who claims to be kept in s
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court reserved the judgement on a petition of a death row convict challenging the Karnataka High Court order which dismissed his plea challenging the executability of his death sentence, pursuant to the rejection of his mercy petition filed b
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SC reserves order on plea of death row convict, who claims to be kept in s
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court has reserved the judgement on a plea of a death row convict, who has claimed to be kept in solitary confinement right from the decision of the Sessions Court awarding him a death sentence, challenging the Karnataka High Court order.
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Amroha death row convict Shabnam files fresh mercy plea before UP Governor
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 19 (ANI): Amroha death row inmate, Shabnam, who was convicted for killing seven members of her family in April 2008, on Friday filed another mercy petition before Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel.
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Shabnam's son urges President to commute her death sentence
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 19 (ANI): Mohammed Taj, son of death row convict Shabnam, on Thursday appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind to commute her death sentence.
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Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi pledges to fight for providing justice to all
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Nearly 9 months after the four death row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case of Nirbhaya were hanged at Tihar Jail here, Nirbhaya' mother Asha Devi has pledged to fight for providing justice to all rape victims.
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Prosecutors, families of rape victims welcome Nirbhaya convicts' hanging,
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The hanging of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case is being lauded and welcomed by prosecutors, families of rape victims and the general public alike.
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Nirbhaya's ancestral village in UP celebrates hanging of convicts
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The residents of the Nirbhaya's ancestral village here in Ballia celebrated the execution of the capital punishment to the four death row convicts who were hanged till their death at Tihar jail early morning on Friday.
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Nirbhaya convicts didn't bathe, skipped breakfast before hanging
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The four death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, who were hanged in Tihar jail early morning on Friday, did not take a bath and also skipped their breakfast, the last meal, before the execution of sentence.
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Finally! I know we are late Nirbhaya, says Gautam Gambhir
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): After the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya case were hanged in Tihar jail on Friday morning, BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir said it was "late", but it finally happened.
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