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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Topic2012 Delhi gangrape

Topic: 2012 Delhi gangrape

HC rejects December 16 gangrape convict Mukesh’s plea of not being in Delhi at the time of crime

Justice Brijesh Sethi said the various grounds given in the plea were 'devoid of any substance' and only intended to delay the execution.

‘Don’t want to be rapist’s widow’: Wife of 16 December gangrape convict seeks divorce

Until recently, Puneeta Devi had maintained that her husband Akshay Thakur was innocent. Thakur is set to be executed in two days.

Supreme Court declines 16 December convict Mukesh Singh’s plea to restore legal remedies

Mukesh, in his plea, sought a CBI probe into alleged criminal conspiracy and fraud by the Centre, Delhi govt and amicus curiae, Vrinda Grover.

16 December gang rape and murder convicts to now hang at 5.30 am on 20 March

Tihar jail authorities tell Delhi court that all four convicts have exhausted their legal options.

Delhi govt seeks new execution date for 16 December gang rape case convicts

The execution of the convicts' death warrants has been deferred thrice so far due to delays by them in exhausting legal remedies. All four are to be hanged together.

16 December gang rape convict Pawan Gupta’s mercy petition rejected by President Kovind

The President has already rejected the mercy petitions of the other three convicts — Mukesh, Vinay and Akshay — who are also on death row.

Supreme Court dismisses curative plea of 16 December gangrape convict Pawan Gupta

A five-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said that no case has been made out to re-examine the conviction and punishment of Pawan Gupta.

16 December gangrape case convict Pawan Gupta files curative plea in Supreme Court

Pawan Gupta is the only one out of the four convicts, who has not exhausted his legal remedies of filing a curative petition and subsequent mercy plea with the President.

Delhi court dismisses 16 December convict’s plea claiming mental illness

The plea claims that Vinay Kumar Sharma had sustained grievous head injury and fracture in his right arm, and was suffering from insanity, mental illness and schizophrenia.

Last nail on the 16 December scaffold, Mohan Bhagwat’s ABCD & Kejriwal’s new fan club

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint

On Camera

This is how cash transfers are being discussed by global scholars

Dismissing unconditional cash transfers through the parochial logic of ‘unearned assistance is undeserving’ narrows the space for policy innovation and restricts possibilities for social mobility.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.