Bilkis Bano Case | Gujarat Govt Says Convicts Deserve Chance of Reformation; Supreme Court Asks, ‘Why Is Remission Policy Being Selectively Applied?’
1 year, 4 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 the State has exercised its discretion correctly.” Gujarat govt has complied with all requirements under law when granting remission: ASG Raju The State, Raju told the bench, was ‘duty bound’ to follow the remission policy applicable in 1992 across the State of Gujarat, due to the operation of the specific mandamus issued by the Supreme Court in Radheshyam Shah, in which a bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath held that the remission application had to be decided by the Gujarat government in terms of that policy. Every three years judges are transferred.” On the dual function that the state government claimed the Godhra district judge to have discharged – both in terms of the statutory requirement under the Code, and as a member of the jail advisory committee, Justice Nagarathna said, “The requirement under Section 432 was different.” ASG Raju argued that the word ‘may’ in the section ought to be read in a manner that allowed judges with knowledge of ‘ground reality’ to deliver their opinion, insisting that it was the Gujarat judge, and not the one at Maharashtra who had delivered a negative opinion, was more competent in making a correct assessment. The bench also observed that the case was transferred to Maharashtra due to ‘exceptional circumstances’, only for the limited purpose of the trial, allowing the Gujarat government to consider the convicts’ applications for remission.

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Bilkis Bano Convicts' Case: SC Dismisses Gujarat Govt's Plea To Review Observations Against State In Jan 8 Verdict
2 months, 3 weeks 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
2 months, 3 weeks 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
5 months 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 case convict given 10-day parole by Gujarat HC to attend nephew's wedding on Mar 5
10 months ago

Bilkis Bano case convict given 10-day parole by Gujarat HC to attend nephew's wedding on Mar 5

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted 10-day parole to Bilkis Bano case convict Ramesh Chandana to attend his nephew's wedding scheduled for March 5. Chandana, who moved the High Court for parole last week, is the second convict in the case to be granted parole after all 11 convicts in the case surrendered at a jail in Godhra …

Gujarat govt moves SC seeking review of verdict in Bilkis Bano case, says extreme observation unwarranted
10 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat govt moves SC seeking review of verdict in Bilkis Bano case, says extreme observation unwarranted

India TV News  

The Gujarat government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a review of the court's verdict that quashed the remission granted to 11 men convicted of raping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members during the 2002 riots, saying certain observations made against the state were unwarranted. The Gujarat government has said the apex court's observation …

Bilkis Bano Case : Gujarat Govt Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Adverse Remarks
10 months, 1 week ago

Bilkis Bano Case : Gujarat Govt Files Review Petition Against Supreme Court's Adverse Remarks

Live Law  

In a latest development in the Bilkis Bano case, the Gujarat government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking certain critical remarks made by it regarding the conduct of the state government with respect to the premature release of the 11 convicts, to be expunged.The state government has insisted that it was acting as per the Supreme …

Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Convict Out On Parole After 16 Days In Jail As Father-In-Law Expires
10 months, 2 weeks 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 …

One of Bilkis Bano's convict granted parole for five days due to his father-in-law's death
10 months, 2 weeks ago

One of Bilkis Bano's convict granted parole for five days due to his father-in-law's death

New Indian Express  

The Supreme Court on January 19 had in its order rejected the petitions filed by all the eleven Bilkis Bano case's convicts seeking more time, beyond January 21, to surrender before the jail authorities, after noting that the pleas "lacked merits." The Apex Court in its landmark verdict on January 8, had quashed the Gujarat govt’s August 15, 2022, decision …

Reflecting on Bilkis Bano’s resilient pursuit of justice
10 months, 3 weeks 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
10 months, 4 weeks 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
11 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
11 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 …

Legally speaking | Understanding the remission guidelines set out in the Bilkis Bano case by the Supreme Court
11 months ago

Legally speaking | Understanding the remission guidelines set out in the Bilkis Bano case by the Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

On Friday, the Supreme Court refused to extend the deadline of surrender by 11 convicts of the Bilkis Bano gangrape case — a few days previously, the top court came down heavily on the government of Gujarat while quashing the order of remission granted by the state government to the 11 convicts in August 2022. In 2022, the Supreme Court …

‘Gave enough time’: Supreme Court rejects 11 Bilkis convicts’ request for time
11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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
11 months, 1 week 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 …

No information yet about surrender of Bilkis Bano case convicts: Police
11 months, 1 week ago

No information yet about surrender of Bilkis Bano case convicts: Police

Deccan Chronicle  

Dahod: No information has been received yet about the surrender of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case after the Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat government's decision to grant them remission, but a police force remains deployed in the area where they live to maintain peace, a senior official said on Tuesday. The convicts, however, are "not incommunicado" and …

Justice for Bilkis Bano, questions on remission
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

In Bilkis Bano order, the rule of law is upheld
11 months, 2 weeks ago

In Bilkis Bano order, the rule of law is upheld

Hindustan Times  

On January 8, in a much-awaited decision, the Supreme Court of India quashed the grant of remission to the 11 men who had been convicted of gangraping Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat riots and murdering seven of her family members. After engaging in a detailed analysis, the Court — writing through justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan — quashed …

Bilkis Bano’s rapists ordered to return to prison: Why this isn’t the end of the matter
11 months, 2 weeks 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?
11 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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?
11 months, 2 weeks 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: Congress hits out at Gujarat BJP govt as SC quashes remission order
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bilkis Bano case: Congress hits out at Gujarat BJP govt as SC quashes remission order

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: With the Supreme Court quashing the remission granted to 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members, the Congress on Monday claimed the Gujarat BJP government's approach was to save the criminals rather than ensuring justice for the victim. Human rights lawyer Anand Yagnik said the Gujarat government's decision …

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court quashes early release of 11 lifers
11 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case
11 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 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, 3 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, 3 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: SC raps Gujarat govt over ‘selective’ remission to accused
1 year, 4 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC raps Gujarat govt over ‘selective’ remission to accused

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India told the Gujarat government that a state should not be ‘selective’ in granting remission to their prisoners. This was said in relation to the eleven accused of gangraping Bilkis Bano during the 2002 Gujarat Riots. Besides the petition filed by Bilkis Bano contesting the remission granted to them, several other PILs including one by CPI …

In Bilkis Bano case, SC asks Gujarat why remission policy was applied selectively
1 year, 4 months ago

In Bilkis Bano case, SC asks Gujarat why remission policy was applied selectively

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Gujarat government whether its premature release policy for prisoners was applied only “selectively”. The petitioners, including Ms. Bano, have challenged the release of 11 convicts under the State’s Premature Release Policy of 1992. The other writ petitions filed by CPI leader Subhashini Ali and others like Trinamool Congress leader Mahia Moitra have also …

'Crime Committed Against Bilkis Bano Part Of Communal Violence Targeting Members Of One Community' : Indira Jaising Tells Supreme Court
1 year, 4 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, 4 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 …

Supreme Court begins hearing Bilkis Bano against the premature release of 11 convicts
1 year, 4 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 …

Calcutta High Court Directs Sentence Review Board To Reconsider Plea For Remission Of Man Who Has Spent 23 Yrs In Jail
1 year, 4 months ago

Calcutta High Court Directs Sentence Review Board To Reconsider Plea For Remission Of Man Who Has Spent 23 Yrs In Jail

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has recently directed the West Bengal State Sentence Review Board to reconsider the plea of a petitioner, who has spent 23 years in incarceration, for remission of sentence, upon noting that the Board which had considered the plea was not only improperly constituted, but had also failed to consider the National Human Rights Commission Guidelines on …

Bombay High Court Orders Release Of 30-Yr-Old Convicted In 41 Theft Cases And Sentenced To Over 83 Yrs Imprisonment
1 year, 5 months ago

Bombay High Court Orders Release Of 30-Yr-Old Convicted In 41 Theft Cases And Sentenced To Over 83 Yrs Imprisonment

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court has ordered the release of a 30-year-old man convicted in 41 theft cases and sentenced to over 83 year in prison, as the trial courts did not order his sentences to run concurrently. “if the petitioner is permitted to undergo imprisonment in all the aforesaid cases, he would be compelled to undergo imprisonment of approximately 83 …

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Fixes Aug 7 for Final Hearing of Pleas Against Remission to Convicts
1 year, 5 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 …

'Barring Remission For Convicts Who Murdered Public Servants Discriminatory' : Bihar Govt Defends Premature Release Of Anand Mohan
1 year, 5 months ago

'Barring Remission For Convicts Who Murdered Public Servants Discriminatory' : Bihar Govt Defends Premature Release Of Anand Mohan

Live Law  

In a counter affidavit, recently, filed before the Supreme Court, the State of Bihar has defended the early release of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, convicted in the case for mob lynching of Gopalganj District Magistrate, G. Krishnaiah in 1994. As per the remission policy of the State of Bihar, persons who are convicted for murder of public servants on …

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court to hear plea on convicts’ remission
1 year, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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 …

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