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 Gujarat government.” She added that, following the Supreme Court order, now, 8 of 11 convicts have approached the SC seeking an extension by giving reasons like weddings in families. Lashing out at the Gujarat government for allegedly supporting such convicts, Geetha Menon from Domestic Workers Rights Women said many convicts are absconding and the SC had given two weeks for the government to send them back to jail. We are still hopeful of getting justice and we are with her.” KSRTC collects a fine of Rs 5.39 lakh from ticketless travellers Bengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation collected a fine of Rs 5.39 lakh from passengers who travelled ticketless within Karnataka and other neighbouring states.

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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, 4 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 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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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: 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, 2 weeks 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 …

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 …

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: 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Ahead of SC hearing, short film voices miseries of Muslim women in Gujarat
1 year, 7 months ago

Ahead of SC hearing, short film voices miseries of Muslim women in Gujarat

The Hindu  

While the Supreme Court is all set to hear a bunch of pleas challenging the remission granted to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case on May 9, Muslim women in Gujarat, through a short film, voiced that Bilkis Bano’s battle was their own battle now. The 19-minute film titled, ‘Bilkis Bano: Justice overruled’’ has images of women protesting …

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 …

Bilkis case: Centre, Gujarat govt tell SC they may seek review of order
1 year, 8 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, 8 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 …

SC issues notice to Centre, Guj on early release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case
1 year, 8 months 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
1 year, 8 months 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 …

Bilkis Bano case convict shares stage with BJP MP and MLA at government event
1 year, 8 months ago

Bilkis Bano case convict shares stage with BJP MP and MLA at government event

The Hindu  

One of the convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape and murder of her family members case, freed last year under Gujarat’s remission policy, has shared the stage with BJP MP Jaswant Bhabhor and his MLA brother Shailesh Bhabhor at a government event held at Limkheda in Dahod district of the State. Bhatt was seen in a photo shared by …

Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice on pleas challenging premature release of 11 convicts
1 year, 8 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC issues notice on pleas challenging premature release of 11 convicts

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, state of Gujarat and 11 convicts on the petition filed by Bilkis Bano challenging the premature release of the convicts in the rape and murder case during the 2002 Gujarat riots. READ | Bilkis Bano case convict seen sharing stage with BJP MP, MLA at Gujarat event The bench described …

Bilkis Bano case convict seen sharing stage with BJP MP, MLA at Gujarat event; TMC's Mahua Moitra reacts
1 year, 8 months ago

Bilkis Bano case convict seen sharing stage with BJP MP, MLA at Gujarat event; TMC's Mahua Moitra reacts

India TV News  

One of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case released prematurely last year was seen sharing the stage on Sunday with a BJP MP and an MLA at a government programme in Gujarat. He was Image Source : FACEBOOKThe case dates back to 2002 when the communal violence erupted in Gujarat following the burning of a Sabarmati Express …

Premature release of rape convicts | Supreme Court to hear Bilkis Bano’s plea on March 27
1 year, 8 months ago

Premature release of rape convicts | Supreme Court to hear Bilkis Bano’s plea on March 27

The Hindu  

A Supreme Court Bench of Justices K.M. The case had been referred back to the CJI after Justice Bela Trivedi, the Associate Judge accompanying Justice Rastogi, recused herself from hearing both Ms. Bano's petition and those filed by several individuals, including CPI leader Subhashini Ali and others like TMC leader Mahua Moitra. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for Gujarat, and advocate …

Bilkis Bano's Plea Against Release Of Convicts: Supreme Court Bench Of Justices KM Joseph And BV Nagarathna To Hear On 27th March 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Bilkis Bano's Plea Against Release Of Convicts: Supreme Court Bench Of Justices KM Joseph And BV Nagarathna To Hear On 27th March 2023

Live Law  

The pleas challenging the order of Gujarat Government allowing the premature release of 11 convicts sentenced to life in Bilkis Bano case has been listed before the Supreme Court bench comprising Justice KM Joseph and Justice BV Nagarathna on March 27 2023. The matter has been listed after being mentioned five times before the Supreme Court of India by Bano's …

SC to form special bench to hear Bilkis Bano\'s plea against remission to convicts
1 year, 9 months ago

SC to form special bench to hear Bilkis Bano\'s plea against remission to convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea against the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, which also involves the killing of seven members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Earlier, on January 24, the hearing on Bano's plea challenging the remission of …

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Agrees To Constitute Bench To Hear Plea Challenging Release Of 11 Convicts
1 year, 9 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Agrees To Constitute Bench To Hear Plea Challenging Release Of 11 Convicts

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, against the remission of sentence of 11 convicts. Supreme Court agrees to constitute a bench to hear pleas challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family …

SC agrees to constitute Special Bench to hear Bilkis Bano’s plea against remission to convicts in gang-rape case
1 year, 9 months ago

SC agrees to constitute Special Bench to hear Bilkis Bano’s plea against remission to convicts in gang-rape case

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Wednesday told Bilkis Bano that a Special Bench will be formed to hear her petition challenging the release of 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for her gang-rape during the 2002 riots. Editorial | Remission without reform: On the release of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case Chief Justice Chandrachud assured Ms. Gupta …

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court assures listing of matter, setting up a special bench
1 year, 9 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court assures listing of matter, setting up a special bench

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that a special bench will be constituted to hear the petition filed by Bilkis Bano, challenging the early release on remission granted to 11 convicts in the case of rape and murder during the 2002 Gujarat riots. READ | Will stand and fight again: Bilkis Bano on decision to move Supreme Court over release …

Plea Of Bilkis Bano Against Grant Of Remission To Convicts Could Not Be Heard In SC
1 year, 11 months ago

Plea Of Bilkis Bano Against Grant Of Remission To Convicts Could Not Be Heard In SC

ABP News  

The hearing on Bilkis Bano’s plea challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the gang-rape case by the Gujarat government, could not be held in the Supreme Court on Tuesday as the judges concerned were hearing a matter related to passive euthanasia as part of a five-judge Constitution bench. Bilkis Bano had moved the apex court on November …

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Refuses To Set Up New Bench Earlier To Hear Plea Against Convicts' Remission
2 years ago

Bilkis Bano Case: SC Refuses To Set Up New Bench Earlier To Hear Plea Against Convicts' Remission

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain submissions seeking an early setting up of a fresh bench to hear Bilkis Bano's plea challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts by the Gujarat government in her gang-rape case A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha was urged by lawyer Shobha Gupta, appearing for …

Editor’s Pick SC judge recuses herself from hearing Bilkis Bano’s plea
2 years ago

Editor’s Pick SC judge recuses herself from hearing Bilkis Bano’s plea

The Hindu  

Supreme Court judge, Justice Bela M. Trivedi, has recused herself from hearing a writ petition filed by Bilkis Bano against a Gujarat Government decision to prematurely release 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-raping her and murdering her family members during the 2002 riots. Justice Trivedi hails from Gujarat and started her judicial career in the district judiciary in …

Supreme Court judge recuses herself from hearing Bilkis Bano’s petition
2 years ago

Supreme Court judge recuses herself from hearing Bilkis Bano’s petition

The Hindu  

Supreme Court judge, Justice Bela M. Trivedi, on December 13, 2022 recused herself from hearing a writ petition filed by Bilkis Bano against a Gujarat government decision to prematurely release 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-raping her during the 2002 riots. Justice Trivedi had worked in different posts like Registrar — Vigilance in the High Court, Law Secretary …

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