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Delhi HC stays hike in auto fares

February 7, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday imposed an interim stay on Delhi government’s notification pertaining to increase in auto fares in the capital. The city government had issued a …

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Delhi HC notice to EC on plea against AAP candidate

February 6, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) over a plea against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from the Karol Bagh …

Nirbhaya's mother expresses dismay as court adjourns case

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Will be happy when convicts are hanged, Nirbhaya’s mother

February 5, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s mother on Wednesday welcomed the verdict of the Delhi High Court which gave the rapists a week’s time to exercise their legal remedies and hoped that a final …

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Nirbhaya’s parents urge HC to fast decide plea against death warrant stay

February 4, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: Lawyers for Nirbhaya’s parents on Tuesday made a urgent mentioning before Justice Suresh Kumar Kait of the Delhi High Court seeking early disposal of the Centre’s plea for vacating …

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HC to hear plea seeking MTP of minor rape victim

February 3, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Tuesday hear a petition seeking medical termination of pregnancy of a rape victim who is currently a minor. The plea, filed through advocates …

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Delhi HC dismisses plea against AAP leader

February 3, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: In a relief to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Vishesh Ravi, the Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed against him for allegedly concealing his educational qualifications …

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Delhi HC issues notices to Centre, AAP on 11 aspirants

February 3, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Monday asked Centre, Election Commission and AAP Government to file response on eleven aspirants who sought to file nomination papers from New Delhi Assembly Constituency, …

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Delhi HC reserves order on Centre’s plea in Nirbhaya case

February 2, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Sunday reserved its order on a petition by the Central government challenging an indefinite stay imposed on the execution of the four convicts in …

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Saturday informed the Delhi High Court that the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case "can be hanged separately". Mehta while arguing before Justice Suresh Kumar Kait said, "Once a person is aware that his fate is death penalty, any delay in execution is dehumanising. They should be executed immediately. Mukesh has no reason to wait for his execution. Pawan has chosen to not file curative or mercy plea." "They are not only abusing the process of law, they are creating circumstances that will water down the guidelines," Mehta added. The court asked whether all of them would be executed together or one by one. Responding to the same, Mehta said they would be executed one by one. "The execution should be one by one. The rule only says if application of one is pending then execution of all has to be postponed.. but what does 'application' mean? It means an application pending before a court. A mercy plea is not an application," Mehta submitted. Mehta also submitted that the trial court ignored the rule 834 of Prison Rules while passing Friday's order. "All these accused are ironically urging the court to understand the value of a human life forgetting that the victim also had a life. The lordships are aware of what happened. This is one case that has shaken the conscience of the society," he added. A Delhi court had on Friday stayed for an indefinite period, the death warrants issued against the four death row convicts - Akshay, Pawan, Mukesh and Vinay. Additional Sessions Judge Darmendra Rana in his order said, "Without commenting upon the dilatory tactics adopted by the convicts, suffice it would be to state that seeking redressal of one's grievances through procedure established by law was the hallmark of any civilised society. The courts of this country cannot afford to adversely discriminate any convict, including death row convicts in pursuit of his legal remedies, by turning a Nelson's eye towards him." The 23-year-old victim was brutally gangraped and tortured on December 16, 2012, which later led to her death. All the six accused were arrested and charged with sexual assault and murder. One of the accused was a minor and appeared before a juvenile justice court, while another accused committed suicide in Tihar Jail. Four of the convicts were sentenced to death by a trial court in September 2013, and the verdict was confirmed by the Delhi High Court in March 2014 and upheld by the Supreme Court in May 2017 which also dismissed their review petition in July 2018.

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Convicts can be hanged separately: S-G to HC in Nirbhaya case

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Saturday informed the Delhi High Court that the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case “can be hanged separately”. …

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Court adjourns Nirbhaya killer Pawan’s hearing to Jan 24

December 19, 2019 - by IANS

New Delhi, Dec 19: The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a plea of one of the Nirbhaya rape accused till January 24 as Pawan Gupta on death …