Supreme Court begins hearing Bilkis Bano against the premature release of 11 convicts
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court begins hearing Bilkis Bano against the premature release of 11 convicts

The Hindu  

Cold-blooded brutality and blood-thirst marked the murders and gangrape of at least seven persons, said Bilkis Bano, speaking through her lawyer on Monday in the Supreme Court. Heads and chests…” advocate Shobha Gupta, for Ms. Bano, submitted before a Bench led by Justice B.V. Nagarathna. The case, at one point, had seen the Supreme Court even wonder whether some of the released convicts were making a “mockery” of or even “playing” with the court by either going incognito to hamper the service of notice of the case or seeking time to file counter affidavits. The petitioners, other than Ms. Bano, include Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who said the release “completely fails to bolster either social or human justice”; CPI leader Subhashini Ali; independent journalist and filmmaker Revati Laul; and former philosophy professor and activist Roop Rekh Varma.

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Bilkis Bano Convicts' Case: SC Dismisses Gujarat Govt's Plea To Review Observations Against State In Jan 8 Verdict
6 months ago

Bilkis Bano Convicts' Case: SC Dismisses Gujarat Govt's Plea To Review Observations Against State In Jan 8 Verdict

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by the Gujarat government seeking a review of its January 8 verdict in the Bilkis Bano convicts' case over certain observations and remarks made against the state for its conduct regarding the premature release of the 11 convicts. In February, the Gujarat government had filed a plea seeking a review of …

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court dismisses Gujarat review plea to take back adverse comments
6 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court dismisses Gujarat review plea to take back adverse comments

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday found no “error apparent on the face of the record” or merit in a petition filed by the Gujarat government to review adverse remarks made against it by the top court in a January 8 judgment, which quashed the premature release of 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and …

Bilkis Bano Case: SC dismisses convicts’ plea against verdict cancelling remission
8 months, 1 week ago

Bilkis Bano Case: SC dismisses convicts’ plea against verdict cancelling remission

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday, July 19, 2024, refused to entertain a plea of two of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case challenging the January 8 verdict cancelling their remission. A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar termed the plea as "absolutely misconceived" and said how can it sit in appeal over an order passed by …

Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Convict Out On Parole After 16 Days In Jail As Father-In-Law Expires
1 year, 1 month ago

Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Convict Out On Parole After 16 Days In Jail As Father-In-Law Expires

ABP News  

After spending 16 days in jail post surrender on January 21, a convict in Bilkis Bano's gang rape case was granted Parole from the Gujarat High Court for five days due to the death of his father-in-law. As directed by the Supreme Court, the eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered at the Godhra jail on the night of …

Reflecting on Bilkis Bano’s resilient pursuit of justice
1 year, 2 months ago

Reflecting on Bilkis Bano’s resilient pursuit of justice

The Hindu  

Two weeks, ago, on January 8, the Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark ruling in the harrowing case of Bilkis Bano. Ms. Bano’s journey must serve as an introspective lens for us to think through the broader struggle towards justice, and how best we can serve survivors of sexual violence. The Supreme Court’s recent decision offering temporary respite to …

Supreme Court nullifying remission orders for convicts in Bilkis Bano case is a course correction
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court nullifying remission orders for convicts in Bilkis Bano case is a course correction

The Hindu  

The apex court order includes a scathing rebuke to the Gujarat government and underscores subversion of judicial process. Instead of filing a review petition before the Supreme Court to say that it was not the appropriate government, the Gujarat government considered the application under its 1992 remission policy, which was cancelled in 2014. The May 2022 order was per incuriam …

Bilkis Bano case: All 11 convicts surrender at Godhra sub-jail following Supreme Court verdict
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: All 11 convicts surrender at Godhra sub-jail following Supreme Court verdict

India TV News  

Bilkis Bano case: In adherence to the deadline set by the Supreme Court, all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered late Sunday night at Godhra sub-jail in Gujarat's Panchmahal district. This development marks a pivotal moment in the legal proceedings surrounding the Bilkis Bano case, emphasizing the court's commitment to upholding justice and ensuring the enforcement of its …

Bilkis Bano case convicts not ‘missing’, under police watch, official says
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case convicts not ‘missing’, under police watch, official says

Hindustan Times  

All the 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case of 2002, who are currently out on remission, are under ‘police watch’ and are not missing, PTI reported on Friday, quoting a senior Gujarat Police officer. On January 8, a bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan of the Supreme Court scrapped the remission granted to the 11 …

‘Gave enough time’: Supreme Court rejects 11 Bilkis convicts’ request for time
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Gave enough time’: Supreme Court rejects 11 Bilkis convicts’ request for time

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected applications by the 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case seeking more time to surrender, saying the top court’s January 8 order already gave them two weeks to surrender. According to the January 8 order that quashed the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to the convicts, the 11 …

Bilkis Bano case: SC dismisses plea by convicts seeking extension of time to surrender
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC dismisses plea by convicts seeking extension of time to surrender

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday in its order rejected the petitions filed by all the eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case seeking more time, beyond January 21, to surrender before the jail authorities, after noting that the pleas "lacked merits." "The reasons cited by the 11 convicts seeking an extension of time to surrender lacked merits. …

Bilkis Bano case: Bengaluru Women activists demand arrest of convicts out on remission
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Bengaluru Women activists demand arrest of convicts out on remission

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Members of various civil society organisations gathered at Freedom Park demanding the Gujarat government to arrest the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case and put them back in jail. Terming the Supreme Court decision as ‘positive’, activist Madhu Bhushan said, “The Supreme Court judgement is a relief to the rape survivor from the injustice done to her by the …

Bilkis Bano case: Five convicts seek more time to surrender, SC to hear plea on Jan 19
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Five convicts seek more time to surrender, SC to hear plea on Jan 19

New Indian Express  

Convict Govindbhai Nai, in his application, a copy accessed by TNIE, filed before the Supreme Court, had stated that he is the only caregiver for his ailing 88-year-old father, who is bedridden and completely dependent on him. Another convict Ramesh Chandana too in his plea requested for further time to surrender citing his young son who is of marriageable age …

Bilkis Bano and the wheels of justice
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano and the wheels of justice

New Indian Express  

- By Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty NEW DELHI: A woman deserves respect howsoever high or low she may be otherwise considered in society or to whatever faith she may follow or any creed she may belong to. That was how the Supreme Court framed the question on remission to 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case in its preface. Fortunes …

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission
1 year, 2 months ago

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission

The Hindu  

In an article in The Hindu, I had characterised the grant of remission to the 11 gang-rape and murder convicts in the Bilkis Bano case as an ‘injustice of exceptionalism’. Despite the law being amply clear in a Constitution Bench decision in Union of India vs V. Sriharan that the appropriate government to decide a remission application is the State …

Bilkis Bano’s rapists ordered to return to prison: Why this isn’t the end of the matter
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano’s rapists ordered to return to prison: Why this isn’t the end of the matter

Firstpost  

“I have wept tears of relief. It feels like a stone the size of a mountain has been lifted from my chest, and I can breathe again,” said Bilkis Bano on Monday after the Supreme Court ordered the 11 men, who were convicted of raping her and then killing her family, to return to jail within two weeks’ time. Apply …

How did India’s Supreme Court send Bilkis Bano’s rapists back to jail?
1 year, 2 months ago

How did India’s Supreme Court send Bilkis Bano’s rapists back to jail?

Al Jazeera  

Modi’s government had helped set 11 convicted rapists free two years ago. India’s Supreme Court on Monday restored life prison sentences for 11 men who had raped a Muslim woman, Bilkis Bano, during the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. The decision came after Bano and other petitioners challenged a decision by the Gujarat government, backed by Prime Minister Narendra …

Unlawful remission: The Hindu Editorial on the Bilkis Bano case
1 year, 2 months ago

Unlawful remission: The Hindu Editorial on the Bilkis Bano case

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India verdict quashing the orders releasing 11 men convicted for the heinous gang-rape and murder of several members of a family during the Gujarat pogrom in 2002 is an unequivocal indictment of the State government. The men had been sentenced to life by a Sessions Court in Mumbai after the investigation in the ‘Bilkis Bano case’ …

Bilkis Bano thanks Supreme Court
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano thanks Supreme Court

The Hindu  

After the Supreme Court overturned the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts who were found guilty of the gangrape and murder of seven members of her family, Bilkis Bano said that “she felt justice” in her reaction to the apex court’s verdict. I thank the honourable Supreme Court of India for giving me, my children and women …

Bilkis Bano case: Opposition parties hail Supreme Court verdict
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Opposition parties hail Supreme Court verdict

The Hindu  

Opposition parties across the political spectrum on Monday hailed the Supreme Court order that quashed the Gujarat government’s remission of sentence and premature release of the 11 rapists in the Bilkis Bano case, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge claiming that the verdict exposed the “misdeeds” of the Home Ministry and the Gujarat government. It exposes the misdeeds of the Home …

Centre and Gujarat Govt Must Apologise to Bilkis Bano: Owaisi
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre and Gujarat Govt Must Apologise to Bilkis Bano: Owaisi

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday demanded that the BJP-ruled Central and the Gujarat state governments must immediately apologise to Bilkis Bano for their support to the rapists and killers, who had attacked her and killed her family members. Speaking to reporters, Owaisi said that the Supreme Court verdict quashing the remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano …

Bilkis Bano case | Grant of remission ‘classic case’ of using SC order to violate law: verdict
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | Grant of remission ‘classic case’ of using SC order to violate law: verdict

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on January 8 said the grant of remission to 11 men serving life sentence in the Bilkis Bano case was a “classic case” of using a Supreme Court order to violate the law. The court was referring to its May 2022 decision, delivered by a Bench headed by Justice Ajay Rastogi, allowing Gujarat to decide the application …

Bilkis Bano's rapists to return to jail: What is the 2002 case? Why were the convicts freed?
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano's rapists to return to jail: What is the 2002 case? Why were the convicts freed?

Firstpost  

Bilkis Bano must have heaved a sigh of relief today as the Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat government’s order granting remission to 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case. A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan in its order said that the Gujarat Government had no jurisdiction to entertain the application for remission …

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court quashes early release of 11 lifers
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court quashes early release of 11 lifers

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the order of en masse remission granted by the State of Gujarat in August 2022 to 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family, including a two-month-old infant during the 2002 riots. Explained | The remission laws that paved the way for release of the …

Bilkis Bano gang rape case: SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts, asks them to surrender within 2 weeks
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano gang rape case: SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts, asks them to surrender within 2 weeks

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court of India Monday strike down the decision of Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 riots in the state. The apex court said the Gujarat government had no competence to grant remission and has directed all 11 …

SC quashes decision to prematurely release convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case
1 year, 2 months ago

SC quashes decision to prematurely release convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts involved in the case of the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Noting that the state, where an offender is tried and sentenced, is competent to decide the remission plea of convicts, the …

SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case
1 year, 2 months ago

SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case

Live Mint  

Bilkis Bano Case: The Supreme Court on January 8 held that the May 2022 order of another bench of the top court is null since it was obtained by fraud by the petitioner convict. It quashed the order of the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the rape of Bilkis Bano. Track LIVE | Bilkis Bano …

Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna will pronounce the judgement TODAY on petitions challenging the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. These convicts were allowed to walk free in August 2022, on Independence Day, sparking widespread controversy. These …

Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna will pronounce the judgement TODAY on petitions challenging the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. These convicts were allowed to walk free in August 2022, on Independence Day, sparking widespread controversy. These …

Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna will pronounce the judgement TODAY on petitions challenging the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. These convicts were allowed to walk free in August 2022, on Independence Day, sparking widespread controversy. These …

Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES
1 year, 2 months ago

Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna will pronounce the judgement TODAY on petitions challenging the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. These convicts were allowed to walk free in August 2022, on Independence Day, sparking widespread controversy. These …

India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case
1 year, 2 months ago

India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case

Al Jazeera  

Bano, now in her forties, was five months pregnant when she was gang-raped during the 2002 anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat state. India’s Supreme Court has quashed the remission given to 11 Hindu men who had been jailed for life for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murdering her relatives during anti-Muslim riots in the western state of Gujarat in …

Bilkis Bano Case | Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Pleas Challenging Premature Release of 11 Convicts; Asks Centre, Gujarat To Produce Records
1 year, 5 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case | Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Pleas Challenging Premature Release of 11 Convicts; Asks Centre, Gujarat To Produce Records

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a clutch of pleas against the decision of the Gujarat government to grant remission to 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. Besides pointing to the heinous, barbaric, and communally-motivated nature of the offences …

Bilkis Bano Case | Convicts Argue That Remission Can Be Challenged Only Before High Courts; Supreme Court Expresses Doubts
1 year, 6 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case | Convicts Argue That Remission Can Be Challenged Only Before High Courts; Supreme Court Expresses Doubts

Live Law  

In the Bilkis Bano case, Senior Advocate V Chitambaresh, appearing for the released convicts, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a remission order can be challenged only in a high court, and not in the Supreme Court. A remission order is open to judicial review only under Article 226, and not under Article 32.” A bench of Justices BV …

Bilkis Bano Case |Earlier SC Judgment Won’t Bar Review Of Remission Order : Supreme Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case |Earlier SC Judgment Won’t Bar Review Of Remission Order : Supreme Court

Live Law  

We are not sitting in judgment over a coordinate bench’s ruling, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, refusing to accept a ‘judicial propriety’ argument in the Bilkis Bano case. On behalf of the convicts, and earlier by Additional Solicitor-General SV Raju appearing for the state government, it has been argued that the remission of Bilkis Bano’s rapists followed an earlier …

Bilkis Bano case: What Supreme Court said after observing one of the convicts was practicing law
1 year, 7 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: What Supreme Court said after observing one of the convicts was practicing law

India TV News  

Bilkis Bano case: What Supreme Court said after observing one of the convicts was practicing law Radheshyam Shah, one of the 11 convicts who were released prematurely, informed the court that he has started practising law after getting out of jail. The Supreme Court expressed surprise after observing that one of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape and murder …

Bilkis Bano Case | Gujarat Govt Says Convicts Deserve Chance of Reformation; Supreme Court Asks, ‘Why Is Remission Policy Being Selectively Applied?’
1 year, 7 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case | Gujarat Govt Says Convicts Deserve Chance of Reformation; Supreme Court Asks, ‘Why Is Remission Policy Being Selectively Applied?’

Live Law  

The Supreme Court questioned why the policy for premature release was being applied selectively, during Thursday’s hearing in the challenge against the remission granted to Bilkis Bano’s rapists. There is only one life…hopefully.” ASG Raju explained, “My submission is that the court could have said that the second sentence would continue after remission in the first. The issue is whether …

Bilkis Bano case: SC says state govts should not be selective in remission
1 year, 7 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC says state govts should not be selective in remission

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Gujarat government that the state governments should not be selective in granting remission to convicts and the opportunity to reform and reintegrate with society should be given to every prisoner. The Gujarat government defended its decision of premature release of all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case during the 2002 riots. …

'Crime Committed Against Bilkis Bano Part Of Communal Violence Targeting Members Of One Community' : Indira Jaising Tells Supreme Court
1 year, 7 months ago

'Crime Committed Against Bilkis Bano Part Of Communal Violence Targeting Members Of One Community' : Indira Jaising Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The brutal gang-rape of five-months-pregnant Bilkis Bano and the murders of her family members including kids amidst the 2002 Gujarat riots was a ‘crime against humanity’, Senior Advocate Indira Jaising told the Supreme Court on Thursday. My submission is that what happened to Bilkis Bano was a crime against humanity because it happened in a situation of widespread communal violence …

Bilkis Bano Case: SC questions its own order, to hear matter today
1 year, 7 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case: SC questions its own order, to hear matter today

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court will hear pleas of Bilkis Bano and others challenging grant of remission to convicts in the gangrape and murder case. Others, including CPI leader Subhashini Ali, journalist Revati Laul, former Lucknow University vice-chancellor Roop Rekha Verma, and TMC MP Mahua Moitra, also challenged the remission through PILs. The convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder …

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Fixes Aug 7 for Final Hearing of Pleas Against Remission to Convicts
1 year, 8 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Fixes Aug 7 for Final Hearing of Pleas Against Remission to Convicts

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed August 7 for the start of the final hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the remission granted last year to all the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The top court had on May 2 deferred the hearing …

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court to hear plea on convicts’ remission
1 year, 10 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court to hear plea on convicts’ remission

Live Mint  

Supreme Court on Tuesday will continue to hear a plea by Bilkis Bano, who has challenged the remission granted to 11 men convicted for gangraping her during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The pleas were filed by the National Federation of Indian Women, whose General Secretary is Annie Raja, Member of the Communist Party of India Subhashini Ali, journalist Revati Laul, …

Bilkis Bano Case | Union & Gujarat Govt Agree to Share Files On Remission Of 11 Life Convicts After Initially Expressing Reluctance
1 year, 10 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case | Union & Gujarat Govt Agree to Share Files On Remission Of 11 Life Convicts After Initially Expressing Reluctance

Live Law  

After initially expressing their reluctance to share information pertaining to the remission of the 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, the Centre and the Gujarat government both did a volte-face and agreed to place the original records before the Supreme Court of India. A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna was hearing a batch of petitions …

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court defers to May 9 hearing on pleas challenging remission of 11 convicts
1 year, 10 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court defers to May 9 hearing on pleas challenging remission of 11 convicts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on May 2 deferred to May 9 the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the remission granted to the 11 convicts last year in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. “It is a kind of grace which should be proportional to crime.” The Centre …

Bilkis Bano Case: Supreme Court To Hear Pleas For Final Disposal Against Release Of 11 Convicts Today
1 year, 10 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case: Supreme Court To Hear Pleas For Final Disposal Against Release Of 11 Convicts Today

ABP News  

The Supreme Court will today hear a batch of petitions for final disposal against the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. Last month, the apex court questioned the parole granted by the Gujarat government to the convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and killing of her family members during the …

Bilkis case: Centre, Gujarat govt tell SC they may seek review of order
1 year, 11 months ago

Bilkis case: Centre, Gujarat govt tell SC they may seek review of order

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre and the Gujarat government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that they may file a plea seeking a review of its March 27 order asking them to be ready with original files on the grant of remission to the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. "The question is whether government applied its mind and what material …

Horrendous crime: Supreme Court questions Gujarat, Centre for releasing Bilkis Bano convicts
1 year, 11 months ago

Horrendous crime: Supreme Court questions Gujarat, Centre for releasing Bilkis Bano convicts

India Today  

The Centre and Gujarat will likely challenge a previous Supreme Court order that sought files on the premature release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. Gujarat sought not to produce the files citing privilege and said it might file a plea seeking review of the court’s order. On September 9, 2022, the Supreme Court asked Gujarat to place …

Bilkis Bano case: SC questions parole granted to convicts, says 'Unequals cannot be treated equally'
1 year, 11 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC questions parole granted to convicts, says 'Unequals cannot be treated equally'

India TV News  

Bilkis Bano case: SC questions parole granted to convicts, says 'Unequals cannot be treated equally' All the 11 convicts were granted remission by the Gujarat government and released on August 15 last year - a decision which was challenged by Bilkis Bano. The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the parole which was granted to convicts in Bilkis case during incarceration …

SC issues notice to Centre, Guj on early release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case
2 years ago

SC issues notice to Centre, Guj on early release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India on Monday issued a notice to the Centre and Gujarat government regarding a petition filed by Bilkis Bano. Bano's lawyer pointed out that the matter was not heard since December, and the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, agreed to consider setting up a new bench. It disclosed that the Union ministry of home affairs …

SC notice to Centre, Gujarat govt on Bilkis Bano's plea against remission to convicts
2 years ago

SC notice to Centre, Gujarat govt on Bilkis Bano's plea against remission to convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre, Gujarat government and others on a plea filed by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven members of her family were killed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. Bano had moved the apex court on November 30 last year challenging the premature release of 11 lifers by the …

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