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The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South Delhi. The incident took place when Jyoti Singh, a 22-year-old physiotherapy intern, was beaten , gang-raped , and tortured in a private bus in which she was ...
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 (popularly known as Nirbhaya Act) is an Indian legislation passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 March 2013, and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2013, which provides for amendment of Indian Penal Code, Indian Evidence Act, and Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 on laws related to sexual offences.
The infamous and brutal gang rape case also known as the Nirbhaya rape case brought the issue of sexual violence into the notice of public, media and the Government of India. Responding to the protests and campaigns the government formed a committee headed by former Chief Justice of India , Justice J.S. Verma , Justice Leila Seth , and Mr Gopal ...
As Indian laws do not permit the use of victim's real name in such cases; pseudonyms were being used by various media houses and police officials including "Disha" and "Hyderabad Nirbhaya" which was in reference to the 2012 Delhi Gang rape and murder case. [22]
Vibha says "Daughters of Mother India is a cry of my conscience. As a daughter, as a sister, a wife and a mother searching I am searching for answers to so many questions." [3] [5] She wanted to understand the complexities and the reason behind these crimes and the possible solutions after the gruesome Nirbhaya Rape case.
When Nirbhaya's case came into light, she as a law trainee at that time participated in various protest demanding for justice. [10] She officially became Nirbhaya's lawyer in 2014 demanding capital punishment for all four adult convicts as soon as possible. On 24 January 2014, she joined Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust as a legal adviser. [11]
The number of people executed in India since independence in 1947 is a matter of dispute; official government statistics claim that only 57 people had been executed since independence. However, available information from other sources indicates that the official government figures are false, and the actual number of executions in India may run ...
On 20 November 2022, the Baruipur police produced a 48 year old Shyamali Chakraborty and her 25 year old son Joy Chakraborty before the court for the murder of the 55 year old retired Indian Navy personnel Ujjwal Chakraborty. In a statement given to the police, Joy confessed that he needed money to go to Chennai, but his father not only refused ...