Chairwoman of the Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal (C) speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi on December 21, 2015. India's Supreme Court December 21, 2015 rejected an appeal against the release of the youngest convict in an infamous fatal gang-rape, sparking fury from the victim's parents who said the ruling was a betrayal. AFP PHOTO / Money SHARMA
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court Monday rejected an appeal against the release of the youngest convict in a fatal gang-rape, sparking fury from the victim’s parents who said the ruling was a betrayal of women.
Amid growing outrage at the freeing of the 20-year-old, judges said there were no legal grounds to allow a petition by the Delhi Commission for Women, which wanted to reverse his release from a youth correctional facility.
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