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DCW chief Swati Maliwal seeks justice for Nirbhaya
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Monday remembered Nirbhaya, seven years past the gruesome incident and urged the Central government to implement Andhra Pradesh's Disha law across the country which provides for awarding death sentences
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Former Sudanese President al-Bashir sentenced to 2 years for corruption
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], Dec 14 (ANI): A court in Sudan on Saturday convicted former President Omar al-Bashir on charges of corruption, illegal possession of foreign currency and illicit financial gains and sentenced him to two years in detention in a state-run reform center.
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Patna: Students protest against gang-rape of 20-yr-old girl, demand death
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Patna (Delhi) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Hundreds of students on Friday hit the streets here to protest against the alleged gang-rape of a college student in the state earlier this week.
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Maharashtra State Commission for Women writes to CJI over 2008 rape and mu
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 13: Maharashtra State Commission for Women on Friday shot off a letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and demanded him to take suo motu cognizance of letter and turn it into a petition for hearing against a Bombay High Court order which commuted death sent
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Court can take action against convicts for delaying justice: Nirbhaya's ad
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): The Patiala House Court can take a decision on carrying out the death sentence to the four convicts for their "malafide intention" of delaying justice to the Nirbhaya victim, her lawyer Seema Kushwaha said on Friday.
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Delhi: People take out protest march demanding death sentence to rapists
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Hundreds of people, most of them women, took out a protest march on Thursday demanding death sentence to rape convicts.
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Andhra cabinet approves Disha Act providing for harsher punishments for cr
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday under Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy approved the enactment of the Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) Act also known as the Disha Act that provides for harsher punishments, including death sen
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Pune victim's husband calls for justice to rape victims in 5 years
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 8 (ANI): The husband of a Pune-based techie, who was raped and murdered back in 2009, has urged the government to ensure that the courts in the country ensure justice to the sexual assault victims, within five years while dispensing criminal cases.
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K'taka: Man sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping minor
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): A special court in Shivamogga on Saturday sentenced a 32-year-old man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a 7-year-old girl, in a case which goes back to 2014.
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Nothing to say, rapists deserve death sentence: Unnao rape victim's brothe
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): The brother of Unnao rape victim, who succumbed to injuries following a cardiac arrest in Safdarjung Hospital here, asserted that the five accused deserve a death sentence.
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Kerala: Man awarded death sentence for murdering couple over property disp
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], Dec 5 (ANI): A District and Sessions Court in Kerala's Alappuzha district on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a 38-year-old man for killing a couple over property dispute in front of their child.
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Kerala: Kasaragod court sentences man to life for raping minor
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kasaragod (Kerala) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): A court here on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old accused to rigorous life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl last year, making it the first conviction after the amendment of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (P
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