The 2012 attack on the 23-year-old physiotherapy student on the moving bus shocked India and led to tough new laws against sexual violence, including the death penalty for rape in some cases. The court said that there were no grounds to review its decision upholding the death sentence for the four men, all from working-class neighborhood in the Indian capital. In our opinion, no case is made out within the parameters indicated in the decision of this court,” the court said its order. Last week, a Delhi court said they would be hanged on January 22. Sexual violence against women is a huge problem in India where a rape occurs every 20 minutes.

Source: Manila Times January 16, 2020 01:21 UTC