Even as the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has nearly completed its probe in nine of the most infamous riots cases, a prominent NGO fighting for the cause of the victims has alleged that the agency has not explored the ‘conspiracy theory’ in three cases of Ahmedabad. The NGO has said the three cases [...]
The cop who watched people dying It can be seen from the location graph, of K.G.Erda, the PI of Meghaninagar where the massacre at Gulberg Society had happened on 28.2.2002, had mostly stayed at Gulberg Society with few policemen at his disposal. In his affidavit before Nanavati commission he has stated that around [...]
JAN SANGHARSH MANCH 104, Maharanapratap Complex, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad- 380006. Dated: 14.11.2008 To, The Director General of Police, State of Gujarat, Police Bhavan, Gandhinagar. Subject: The Proposed meeting of the Hindu Janjagruti Samiti, proposed to be held on 16.11.2008. Sir, Our organization has come to learn from a pamphlet circulated [...]
SESSIONS COURT AWARDS LIFE SENTENCE TO THE LABOUR OFFICER JAGDISH THAKOR AND THREE OTHERS OF LUBI ELECTRICALS FOR KILLING A WORKER AGITATING FOR MINIMUM WAGE. The additional Sessions Judge Shri R.H. sharma convicted the labour officer Shri Jagdish Babubhai Thakor , his son Mukesh Jagdish Thakor, Shri Mahipal Chauhan, security guard and Rajubhai Madrasi [...]
THE HIGH COURT INDICTS THE MINISTER OF PORTS AND FISHERIES FOR GIVING ILLEGAL CONTRACT FOR FISHING ON EXTRANEOUS GROUNDS In a significant judgement and order, the division bench of the High Court of Gujarat comprising Ms Justice R.M. Doshit and Mr.Justice S.D. dave squarely held the minister Mr. Purshottam Solanki guilty of granting contracts of [...]
HIGH COURT NOTICE TO CENTRE, STATE AND MUNCIPAL SCHOOL BOARD FOR NOT RELEASING GRANT UNDER `SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN’ SCHEME. Mr. Justice Jayant Patel of Gujarat High Court issued notice today to the (1) Union of India – Ministry of Human Resources,(2) State of Gujarat – Department of Primary education and (3) Municipal School Board of [...]
At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. Yes! India has woken up to freedom, but for whom? After 61 years of Independence, around 400 million unorganised workers struggle to survive without any tangible right, though they substantially contribute to the national income. No employment [...]
AN OPEN LETTER TO RATAN TATA (Mukul Sinha) This is one letter I thought I must write. It is not often that people like Ratan Tatas’ write open letters and that to on their perception of the developmental model of the country. Curiously though, he addresses the letter to the ‘citizens of West Bengal’ [...]
Paragraph 229 Untold stories (Mukul Sinha) The eloquence of the Paragraph 229 of the report of the Justice Nanavati Commission on the Godhra incident lies not in what it said but in what it did not say. Ironically, in a hurry to absolve the Chief Minister, other ministers and even the delinquent police [...]
Paragraph 229 (Mukul Sinha) (1) 229 may be a number that Narendra Modi would like to wear on his shirt sleeves as a lucky talisman. Of the 230 paragraphs that the Commission of Inquiry Chaired by Justice G.T.Nanavati devoted to the unraveling the “conspiracy to set the S/6 coach on [...]
