The first case of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in India was reported on 30 January 2020, originating from China. As of 11 April 2020, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have confirmed a total of 6,761 cases, 516 recoveries (including 1 migration) and 206 deaths in the country. Experts suggest the number of infections could be much higher as India’s testing rates are among the lowest in the world.The infection rate of COVID-19 in India is reported to be 1.7, significantly lower than in the worst affected countries.

The outbreak has been declared an epidemic in more than a dozen states and union territories, where provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 have been invoked, and educational institutions and many commercial establishments have been shut down. India has suspended all tourist visas, as a majority of the confirmed cases were linked to other countries.

On 22 March 2020, India observed a 14-hour voluntary public curfew at the instance of the prime minister Narendra Modi. The government followed it up with lockdowns in 75 districts where COVID cases had occurred as well as all major cities. Further, on 24 March, the prime minister ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, affecting the entire 1.3 billion population of India.

The W.H.O  chief executive director of health emergencies programme Michael Ryan said that India had “tremendous capacity” to deal with the coronavirus outbreak and, as the second most populous country, will have enormous impact on the world’s ability to deal with it. Other commentators worried about the economic devastation caused by the lockdown, which has huge effects on informal workers, micro and small enterprises, farmers and the self-employed, who are left with no livelihood in the absence of transportation and access to markets.^[ The lockdown was justified by the government and other agencies for being preemptive to prevent India from entering a higher stage which could make handling very difficult and cause even more losses thereafter.

The 2012 Delhi gang rape case involved a rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South Delhi. The incident happened when a 23-year-old female physiotherapy intern, was beaten, gang raped, and tortured during a private bus during which she was travelling together with her male friend. there have been six others within the bus, including the driving force , all of whom raped the lady and beat her friend. Eleven days after the assault she was transferred to a hospital in Singapore for emergency treatment but died two days later.[3][4] The incident generated widespread national and international coverage and was widely condemned, both in India and abroad. Subsequently, public protests against the state and central governments for failing to supply adequate security for ladies happened in New Delhi , where thousands of protesters clashed with security forces. Similar protests happened in major cities throughout the country. Since Indian law doesn’t allow the press to publish a rape victim’s name, the victim was widely referred to as Nirbhaya, meaning “fearless”, and her struggle and death became a logo of women’s resistance to rape round the world.[5]

All the accused were arrested and charged with sexual abuse and murder. one among the accused, Ram Singh, died in police custody from possible suicide on 11 March 2013 within the Tihar Jail.[6] consistent with some published reports, the police say Ram Singh hanged himself, but defense lawyers and his family allege he was murdered.[7] the remainder of the accused went unproved during a fast-track court; the prosecution finished presenting its evidence on 8 July 2013.[8] The juvenile was convicted of rape and murder and given the utmost sentence of three years’ imprisonment during a reform facility, as per the Juvenile justice Act 2000.[9] On 10 September 2013, the four remaining adult defendants were found guilty of rape and murder and three days later were sentenced to death by hanging.[10][11][12] within the death reference case and hearing appeals on 13 March 2014, Delhi supreme court upheld the guilty verdict and therefore the death sentences.[13] On 18 December 2019, the Supreme Court of India rejected the ultimate appeals of the condemned perpetrators of the attack.[14] On 7 January 2020, a judge in New Delhi issued death warrants for all four men, scheduling their executions for 7:00 am on 3 March 2020.[15] The authorities alleged that the four adult convicts were “intentionally delaying” and “frustrating” the legal process during this case by filing their pleas piecemeal , in order that their execution might be postponed. On 17 January 2020, after the convicts exhausted their mercy pleas, a Delhi court issued a second warrant for the convicts to be hanged on 1 February 2020 at 6 am.