NEW DELHI—An Indian juvenile court has delayed delivering its verdict until Aug. 5 in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a New Delhi bus, a defense lawyer said Thursday.

The court had earlier said it would deliver its verdict Thursday. The verdict would have been the first handed down in the rape case, which led to furious street protests in India and sparked major reforms to the nation's antiquated sexual assault laws.

Defense lawyer Rajesh Tiwari told a throng of reporters outside the court that the verdict was delayed because of a Supreme Court case seeking to change the legal definition of a juvenile.


