Why remission for rape-murder convicts in Bilkis Bano case shows India in poor light
2 years, 4 months ago

Why remission for rape-murder convicts in Bilkis Bano case shows India in poor light

India Today  

Just weeks after India got its first tribal woman president and on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about women’s empowerment in his Independence Day address, Bilkis Bano got the news that the men who had gang-raped her and murdered seven members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat had walked out of prison—released by the Gujarat government under its remission policy. So, did the Gujarat government violate the central guideline by releasing the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case? “This remission couldn’t have happened without mandatory consultation with the Centre, which is the ministry of home affairs” - Vrinda Grover, Lawyer and human rights activist Noted lawyer and human rights activist Vrinda Grover, while speaking to India Today TV, termed the Gujarat government’s step as a “travesty and grave miscarriage of justice”. “This remission couldn’t have happened without mandatory consultation with the Centre, which is the ministry of home affairs,” Grover said.

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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, 4 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: 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 …

Supreme Court nullifying remission orders for convicts in Bilkis Bano case is a course correction
11 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
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: 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, 1 week 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 …

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 …

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: 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 …

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 …

'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 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 …

Priviledge of protecting sanskari gang rapists, Mahua Moitra on Bilkis Bano case
1 year, 8 months ago

Priviledge of protecting sanskari gang rapists, Mahua Moitra on Bilkis Bano case

Live Mint  

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has slammed the central and Gujarat governments for not producing files in court regarding the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, who were accused of rape and murder. It said the situation of Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and her family members murdered during the 2002 Godhra riots, could not be compared …

‘Delaying tactic’: Mahua Moitra on remission of convicts in Bilkis Bano case
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Delaying tactic’: Mahua Moitra on remission of convicts in Bilkis Bano case

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday slammed the Gujarat government for claiming privilege over the files of remission or pre-mature release of the 11 convicts of the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. Read here: 'Pregnant woman gang-raped…': SC questions Bilkis Bano rapists' release While speaking to the reporters, she said, "This is a delaying tactic on the part of 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 …

Bilkis Bano case | SC lashes out as Centre, Gujarat claim privilege over remission files
1 year, 8 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | SC lashes out as Centre, Gujarat claim privilege over remission files

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court’s view that they are in contempt did not faze the Centre and Gujarat, which brought the official files concerning the remission granted to 11 life convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case to the courtroom on Tuesday, only to jointly claim privilege over the contents. Raju said he had “instructions” that the Centre and the State were …

Massacre Can't Be Compared With Single Murder: SC Questions Parole To Bilkis Bano Rape Convicts
1 year, 8 months ago

Massacre Can't Be Compared With Single Murder: SC Questions Parole To Bilkis Bano Rape Convicts

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the parole given to the 11 convicts of the Bilkis Bano case saying the gravity of the offence should have been considered by the state. The Centre and Gujarat government told the Supreme Court that a plea may be filed for review of March 27 order asking for original files on remission to convicts …

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 …

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