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Nirbhaya justice delivered, but was it swift? Society, politicians weigh in

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it is time to introspect whether death row convicts could be allowed to 'manipulate' the system

Nirbhaya's Mother Asha Devi addresses at a programme to observe the third anniversary of Nirbhaya gang-rape case as 'Nirbhaya Chetna Divas' at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Social activists Shabana Azmi is also seen
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Nirbhaya's Mother Asha Devi addresses at a programme to observe the third anniversary of Nirbhaya gang-rape case as 'Nirbhaya Chetna Divas' at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. Social activists Shabana Azmi is also seen

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
Justice may have been delivered to Nirbhaya with Friday's hanging of four men who gangraped her, but there is a widespread feeling among politicians, activists and civil society in general on the procedural loop holes in the system which led to a delay of seven long and tiring years. 

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it was a day of satisfaction with Nirbhaya getting justice, but also time to introspect whether death row convicts could be allowed to "manipulate" the system to delay execution.

"It's a day of satisfaction that a daughter, who underwent so much pain, has got