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A Delhi court on Tuesday issued death warrant to all four convicts in the 2012 Delhi Nirbhaya gang-rape case. The gruesome incident had shaken the conscience of the nation and laws pertaining to crimes against women were reviewed and made more stringent.Here's the timeline:December 16, 2012: A 23-year old girl is raped by six men on a moving bus in Delhi. The brutal incident evokes countrywide condemnation. The victim later succumbs to her injuries while undergoing treatment.January 3, 2013: Delhi Police filed charge sheet against five accused for offences including murder, gang-rape, attempt to murder, kidnapping, unnatural offences and dacoity. The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) ruled on January 28 that the sixth accused is a minor.February 2, 2013: The five accused - Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh - charged with 13 offences including murder.March 11, 2013: Ram Singh, the bus driver, found hanging in his cell in Tihar jail.August 31, 2013: JJB convicts the juvenile for gang-rape and murder and awards three years term at a probation home.September 10, 2013: Fast track court convicts Mukesh, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan of 13 offences including gang rape, unnatural offence and murder of the woman and attempt to murder her male friend.September 13, 2013: Fast track court awards death sentence to all the four convicts. The trial court refers the case to Delhi High Court for confirmation of death sentence.November 1, 2013: Delhi High Court starts hearing the case on a daily basis.March 13, 2014: Delhi High Court uphold s death sentence awarded to the four convicts.December 20, 2015: Delhi High Court refuses to stay the release of the juvenile. He walks out of a correction home after spending three years.April 3, 2016: The Supreme Court begins hearing the case.March 27, 2017: The Supreme Court reserves its verdict after nearly a year of hearing the case.May 5, 2017: SC upholds the death penalty of the four accused.July 9, 2018: The top Court rejects review petition filed by Sharma, Gupta and Singh.October 29, 2019: Tihar Jail gives seven days to convicts to file mercy petition or will go to court and seek a black warrant.November 8, 2019: Sharma files mercy petition with the Delhi government which is rejected by the Home Department. The file is forwarded to the Chief Secretary on November 29.November 30, 2019: Chief Secretary rejects it and sends the file to Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain. The minister rejects it and forwards the file to LG's office.December 2, 2019: LG rejects mercy plea of Sharma, approves Delhi government decisions.December 6, 2019: Delhi government's recommendation rejecting Sharma's mercy plea is sent to President by Home Ministry.December 10, 2019: Thakur files a review petition in Supreme Court.January 7, 2020: A Delhi court issues death warrant against all four convicts.( With inputs from ANI )

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