NSTworld: A trial court in Delhi, which had already postponed the hangings three times, today dismissed another plea to delay the executions.
The brutal attack on Jyoti Singh aboard a city bus sparked nationwide demonstrations and shone a spotlight on the alarming rates of sexual violence in India.
“The court rejected their petition and said they have exhausted all their legal rights. The hangings will take place at the scheduled time,” Singh’s lawyer Seema Kushwaha told reporters. The Supreme Court said it found no reason to interfere with the president’s decision and rejected his petition.Punita Devi, wife of Akshay Thakur, one of the four men convicted for the gang-rape and murder case of a student, reacts as she speaks to media representatives, outside the Patiala House Court in New Delhi. AFP
Singh, 23, was returning home from the cinema in the evening with a friend when they boarded a bus, thinking it would take them home.
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