2002 Gujarat riots
- India
Godhra train burning case: Gujarat opposes bail pleas of convicts who threw stones at coach
New Delhi: The Gujarat government has opposed in the Supreme Court the bail pleas of some convicts of the 2002 Godhra train burning case, saying they were not mere stone-pelters and their…
- India
Bilkis Bano challenges release of 11 convicts in Supreme Court
New Delhi: Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the premature release of 11 men convicted of gangraping her in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Bilkis Bano filed a review plea…
- India
Cong supported anti-social elements, but BJP established peace in Gujarat post-2002: Amit Shah
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said anti-social elements earlier indulged in violence in Gujarat as the Congress supported them, but after the perpetrators were “taught a lesson” in 2002,…
- India
Gujarat riots convict campaigns alongside daughter contesting on BJP ticket
Hyderabad: The ruling BJP in Gujarat has sparked outrage by nominating Naroda Patiya massacre case convict Payal Kukrani from the Naroda seat in the upcoming Assembly elections. Manoj Kukrani, a life-term offender…
- India
Gujarat polls: Daughter of 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya riots case convict gets BJP ticket
Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded the daughter of a 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya massacre case convict from Naroda seat of Ahmedabad for the upcoming Assembly elections. Payal Kukrani (30),…
- Bangalore
Bilkis Bano case: Siddaramiah seeks Shah’s resignation for freeing convicts
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah demanded Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation, saying his office ordered release of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. In a series of tweets, the Congress…
- India
Bilkis Bano case convicts release with eye on elections: Congress
New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday questioned the Union government for the preferential treatment given to the Bilkis Bano case convicts, alleging that it has been done for elections. Addressing a press conference,…
- India
Gujarat govt reply in Bilkis Bano case ‘very bulky’, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that Gujarat government’s response to petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case is “very bulky”, where, instead of…
- Telangana
Bilkis Bano rape convicts release ‘new low’ for BJP: KTR
Hyderabad: Telangana IT, Industries minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre on Tuesday for releasing Bilkis Bano’s rapists for ‘political gains.; He called it a ‘new low’…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear pleas against release of 11 convicts on Nov 29
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on November 29 the pleas challenging the remission of sentence and release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape…
- India
2002 Godhra riots: Gujarat HC grants bail to former DGP RB Sreekumar
RB Sreekumar, the former director general of the Gujarat Police, was granted bail on Wednesday by the Gujarat High Court after being detained by the Gujarat Police on suspicion of fabricating evidence…
- India
‘Politically motivated’, Bilkis Bano case convict to SC on plea challenging release of accused
New Delhi: A convict in the Bilkis Bano case has told the Supreme Court that the petition challenging Gujarat government’s remission order is “speculative and politically motivated”. The plea filed by Radheysham…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: File records forming basis of release of 11 accused, SC tells Guj
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Gujarat government two weeks’ time to file response on pleas challenging the release of 11 men convicted for the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano…
- India
Activist Teesta Setalvad walks out of jail
Ahmedabad: Activist Teesta Setalvad walked out of a prison here on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court granted her interim bail in a case of allegedly fabricating evidence related to the…
- India
SC closes 11 pleas related to 2002 Gujarat riots, terms them ‘infructuous’
New Delhi: Terming as infructuous, the Supreme Court on Tuesday closed as many as 11 petitions, including the one filed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), almost 20 years ago seeking…
