Nirbhaya case: Victim's family urges judiciary to expedite case

Urging the judiciary to expedite the court proceedings to grant justice in the December 16 gang rape case, the family of the victim on Monday stated that they were still waiting for the courts to grant them justice.

"Whenever I look at her photo, I am not able to look into her eyes because we haven't been able get her justice. I request the court to speed-up the process and grant justice. After the incident I feel that the society has awakened, every day we see something or the other being done about women safety. It is our system which needs to wake up," the victim's father told ANI.

The victim's mother, on the other hand, alleged that despite receiving numerous promises, justice had yet to be served.

"Two years have passed, we still haven't got justice. Many promises were made, but the situation is still the same," she said.

Meanwhile, a candle light vigil was held in various cities across the country on the eve of the second anniversary of the brutal incident. The people gathered at the venues held placard and banners, protesting crime against women.

On December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was brutally gang raped and by six men, including a juvenile, in a bus. The woman later succumbed to grave intestinal injuries at a Singapore hospital, where she had been airlifted for specialised treatment.

The four adults accused in the case were awarded them death penalty on September 13, 2013, with the Delhi High Court upholding the death penalty in March 2014.

The case is currently with the Supreme Court after the convicts appealed against the judgement.