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 the Gujarat government’s remission order on three broad grounds, each of which had to do with the violation of procedural safeguards. However, once the 2022 order came out, the Gujarat government moved immediately to grant remission, instead of filing a review petition challenging the correctness of the order. The Court held that this amounted to the Gujarat government “usurping” a power that never belonged to it and that its remission order was entirely vitiated. Indeed, in this case, the presiding judge had issued an opinion rejecting remission; however, when subsequently the Gujarat government assumed to itself the power to grant remission, it proceeded to ignore that opinion.

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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 : 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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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’ …

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 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 …

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 …

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: 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 …

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 …

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 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 | Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, Gujarat Government on plea against remission to convicts
1 year, 8 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, Gujarat Government on plea against remission to convicts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on March 27 indicated it will primarily focus on the question of Gujarat’s jurisdiction to prematurely release 11 men sentenced to life for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family during the 2002 riots. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna wondered whether the State followed uniform standards while granting early remission to the 11 …

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'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 …

A questionable refusal: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court’s dismissal of Bilkis Bano’s review plea
2 years ago

A questionable refusal: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court’s dismissal of Bilkis Bano’s review plea

The Hindu  

It is a matter of concern that the Supreme Court has declined to review its May 2022 order holding that the Gujarat government is the “appropriate government” to decide on the premature release of 11 convicts serving life terms in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, which also involved the gruesome murder of several others. The case, which arose from one …

Supreme Court Ignored Binding Precedents While Dismissing Bilkis Bano's Review Petition
2 years ago

Supreme Court Ignored Binding Precedents While Dismissing Bilkis Bano's Review Petition

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by Bilkis Bano seeking review of the judgment which allowed the Gujarat Government to decide the remission of eleven convicts who were sentenced to life for gangrape and murder of her family members during the 2002 communal riots.In a two-page order having no discussion or reasons, a bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi …

SC dismisses Bilkis Bano\'s review plea challenging release of 11 convicts
2 years ago

SC dismisses Bilkis Bano\'s review plea challenging release of 11 convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Bilkis Bano seeking a review of its May 13 verdict by which it had said the state of Gujarat was the "appropriate government" competent to examine the application for the pre-mature release filed by a convict in the gang-rape and murder case. Bano's separate petition challenging the remission of …

SC Dismisses Bilkis Bano's Plea Seeking Review Of Order Asking Guj Govt To Decide On Remission Of 11 Convicts
2 years ago

SC Dismisses Bilkis Bano's Plea Seeking Review Of Order Asking Guj Govt To Decide On Remission Of 11 Convicts

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed the review petition filed by Bilkis Bano seeking a review of the May 2022 order asking the Gujarat Government to consider remission pleas of 11 convicts in the gangrape case In May 2022, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath stated that the Gujarat Government had the jurisdiction …

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 …

Supreme Court to look into Bilkis Bano’s petitions against release of 11 convicts
2 years ago

Supreme Court to look into Bilkis Bano’s petitions against release of 11 convicts

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud on November 30 agreed to look into the listing of two petitions filed by Bilkis Bano, who was gangraped in the Gujarat riots, against the Gujarat Government's decision to prematurely release 11 convicts serving life sentence in her case. Making an oral mentioning before the CJI's Bench, advocate Shobha Gupta, for Ms. Bano, …

Bilkis Bano moves Supreme Court against release of 11 convicts, CJI to look into
2 years ago

Bilkis Bano moves Supreme Court against release of 11 convicts, CJI to look into

Hindustan Times  

Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the remission of the 11 convicts who walked free on August 15 this year. Read | Bilkis Bano case: In SC, Gujarat says convicts released for 'good behaviour' after Centre’s nod Bilkis Bano moves Supreme Court against premature release of 11 convicts. Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly Election 2022, the issue …

Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear fresh plea filed by NGO challenging release of convicts
2 years, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear fresh plea filed by NGO challenging release of convicts

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a fresh plea moved by a women's organisation, challenging the remission of sentence and the release of convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The court was hearing a plea filed by the National Federation of Indian Women, challenging the remission of sentence and the release of convicts in the case. …

Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear pleas against release of 11 convicts on Nov 29
2 years, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear pleas against release of 11 convicts on Nov 29

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on November 29 the pleas challenging the remission of sentence and release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of her seven family members during the Gujarat riots. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar directed that the reply filed by …

Bilkis Bano case: In SC, Gujarat says convicts released for 'good behaviour' after Centre’s nod
2 years, 2 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: In SC, Gujarat says convicts released for 'good behaviour' after Centre’s nod

Hindustan Times  

The Union ministry of home affairs approved the early release of 11 convicts sentenced to life in 2008 for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and murder of seven of her family members, the Gujarat government disclosed before the Supreme Court on Monday, also citing “good behaviour” of the convicts a key reason to grant them remission. The affidavit submitted …

Of Bilkis Bano, remission, and the Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Of Bilkis Bano, remission, and the Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

Perhaps because so many believe that in due course, the Supreme Court will rescind the remission granted to 11 men guilty of raping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven members of her family, I have decided to raise a few questions and create a little doubt. In 2004, Bilkis Bano’s case was transferred by the SC to the Central Bureau of …

Rectify 'horrendously wrong decision' of remission in Bilkis Bano case: 134 ex-bureaucrats to CJI
2 years, 3 months ago

Rectify 'horrendously wrong decision' of remission in Bilkis Bano case: 134 ex-bureaucrats to CJI

The Hindu  

More than 130 former civil servants on Saturday wrote an open letter to the Chief Justice of India against the premature release of 11 men who were jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano and requested him to rectify this "horrendously wrong decision". The Supreme Court, on Radheshyam Shah’s plea, also directed that the application for premature release be …

"Horrendous Wrong Decision":134 Former Civil Servants Write To CJI Seeking Revocation Of Gujarat Govt. Order Releasing Bilkis Bano's Case Convicts
2 years, 3 months ago

"Horrendous Wrong Decision":134 Former Civil Servants Write To CJI Seeking Revocation Of Gujarat Govt. Order Releasing Bilkis Bano's Case Convicts

Live Law  

Former Civil Servants have written an open letter the Chief Justice of India against the premature release of 11 life convicts in the case of gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family members in the 2002 Gujarat riots. The letter beseeches the Supreme Court to rescind the Gujarat Government's order of remission and send them back …

Bilkis Bano case: SC asks for Centre, Gujarat govt response on remission of convicts
2 years, 3 months ago

Bilkis Bano case: SC asks for Centre, Gujarat govt response on remission of convicts

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Gujarat government’s response to a plea challenging the grant of remission of sentence to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder of seven family members during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, Justices Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath asked the petitioner …

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court seeks Gujarat’s reply
2 years, 3 months ago

Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court seeks Gujarat’s reply

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the Gujarat government on a petition challenging the remission granted by the State government to 11 convicts in in the 2002 case of Bilkis Bano’s gang rape and murder of her family members. In May 2022, the apex court had directed the Gujarat government to consider the application of one of …

Bilkis Bano Case- Supreme Court Issues Notice To Gujarat Govt On Plea Challenging Remission Granted To 11 Convicts
2 years, 3 months ago

Bilkis Bano Case- Supreme Court Issues Notice To Gujarat Govt On Plea Challenging Remission Granted To 11 Convicts

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on the petition challenging the order of Gujarat Government allowing premature release of 11 convicts sentenced to life in the Bilkis Bano case for gangrape & murder.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Vikram Nath however posed a query with respect to the legal bar on …

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, Gujarat over release of Bilkis Bano's rapists
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, Gujarat over release of Bilkis Bano's rapists

India Today  

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and Gujarat government over the release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape-murder case. The Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging the grant of remission by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case. The Supreme Court has said it had to check …

Reviewing remission: The Hindu Editorial on the need for norms to release convicts
2 years, 4 months ago

Reviewing remission: The Hindu Editorial on the need for norms to release convicts

The Hindu  

Public-spirited activists have done well to challenge in the Supreme Court the premature release of 11 convicts who were serving life terms for the gang-rape of a woman and the murder of at least seven people during the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat. Bilkis Bano, the survivor, has not moved the courts so far, but it is clear that the …

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