7 years of Nirbhaya case: NCW chief urges SC to execute convicts

National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Monday recalled the Nirbhaya gang-rape which took place exactly seven years back on December 16, 2012, and urged the Supreme Court to execute the convicts immediately.

National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Monday recalled the Nirbhaya gang-rape which took place exactly seven years back on December 16, 2012, and urged the Supreme Court to execute the convicts immediately. "Seven years since we lost #Nirbhaya and still waiting for justice. Our slow justice system and long legal procedures make laws ineffective. On this day when we are remembering our brave daughter, I urge #SupremeCourt to decide on pending review petition and execute the convicts immediately," NCW chief tweeted.

The 23-year-old paramedical student was brutally gang-raped in a moving bus in 2012. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court will hear a review plea filed by one of the four convicts in the case tomorrow.

Out of six persons, one was a minor and appeared before a juvenile justice court, while another committed suicide in Tihar jail. The four convicts -- Mukesh, Akshay, Pawan, and Vinay -- had knocked the doors of the apex court against a Delhi High Court order which confirmed the capital punishment awarded to them by a trial court in September 2013.