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The horrific violence meted out to 23-year-old Jyoti Singh on a bus in India's capital sparked angry protests and shone unprecedented attention on the scourge of sexual crimes against women in the country.
The case spurred a major overhaul of laws governing such crimes, faster prosecutions in courts and harsher punishments for perpetrators.
Here are five questions and answers about the watershed case.
It was hoped Singh would become the first professional in the family, and all energies were channelled into her studies at a private physiotherapy college.
Her father earned just $200 per month as an airport baggage handler but sold ancestral land to help pay for his daughter's tuition.
To supplement her family's meagre income, Singh worked nights at an outsourcing firm and gave private lessons to school children.
Six men, including a juvenile, beat Singh's friend unconscious before raping and torturing her with an iron bar as the bus drove loops through the city.
Singh was dumped on the streets 45 minutes later with horrific internal injuries, and died 13 days later in a Singapore hospital.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Delhi demanding swifter justice for victims and tougher laws to punish perpetrators.
It also led to much soul-searching about the treatment of women in India, which suffers from extremely high levels of sexual assault and where discrimination against women and girls is rife.
As Singh struggled to survive long enough to help police identify her attackers, she became a symbol of India's long-overdue campaign to end sexual violence against women.
The accused were low-paid migrants to New Delhi, among them a bus cleaner, a gym assistant, a fruit seller and a school dropout.
Four were convicted in September 2013 for murder, gang-rape, theft, conspiracy and "unnatural acts" after a seven-month trial in a fast-track court.
A fifth man, the suspected ringleader, was found dead in jail in a suspected suicide, while the 17-year-old was sentenced to three years in a detention centre and has since been released.
Sentencing the four in 2013, Judge Yogesh Khanna said the case fell into the "rarest of rare category" which justifies capital punishment in India.
Just three were involved in the appeal rejected on Monday.
The panel recommended a minimum sentence of 20 years for gang-rape, with the possibility of life imprisonment.
It also called for tougher punishments for a range of sexual crimes common across India, including voyeurism, stalking and acid attacks.
The government responded by introducing tougher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty for repeat offenders.
Team owner Mukesh Kochhar hails 'outstanding’ ladies as he pays tribute to his tried and tested squad of players
Authorities said the decision has been taken keeping the safety of the public in mind
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