Asha Devi, mother of Nirbhaya, who was gang-raped and murdered in 2012, said on Saturday that rape incidents have increased three-fold in the last 10 years.
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urging them to suspend today's Parliamentary business to discuss women's safety issues as Friday marked 10 years of Nirbhaya gang rape.
The father of deceased Sagar Dhankar has moved a petition in the Delhi High Court seeking transfer of the murder case of his son to fast track court for time-bound disposal like the Nirbhaya gang rape case.
Justice Bela M Trivedi, Supreme Court judge, on Tuesday recused herself from hearing the plea filed by Bilkis Bano, challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will consider an early listing of a plea filed by Bilkis Bano seeking a review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case.
Rajasthan Police on Sunday arrested two persons in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a specially-abled woman in Rajasthan's Barmer district last month.
Supreme Court will hear a plea of Bilkis Bano challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts on coming Tuesday. Bano was gang-raped and her family members were murdered during the 2002 Godhra riots.
Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the pew-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.