The Gujarat High Court bench comprising Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Sonia Gokani, on Wednesday, sought an explanation from the state government about how the chief minister’s letter to the Prime Minister had leaked to the media. Chief minister Narendra Modi had written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in connection with the appointment [...]
A bench of the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the newly-appointed Lok Ayukta, Justice (retired) RA Mehta, and the principal private secretary of the chief justice, over the state government’s petition challenging the Lok Ayukta’s appointment. The Gujarat governor had bypassed the chief minister and appointed Justice Mehta as the state’s Lok [...]
Three days before the case is to come up before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), the Gujarat government has voluntarily removed the adverse remarks against IPS officer Rajnish Rai, who shook the Narendra Modi administration during his investigation of the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case. The officer is now holding the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of [...]
Now that the chargesheet has finally been delivered to Rahul Sharma, DIG, arms unit, Rajkot, the focus will shift to the most important piece of evidence that can help nail the mobsters in three of the worst massacres in Ahmedabad in early 2002. These are Naroda Patia (95 dead), Naroda Gam (11 dead) and Gulbarg [...]
More than nine years after constitution of the inquiry commission to probe the 2002 riots, the Godhra probe panel has for the first time summoned a politician — former BJP minister I K Jadeja — for questioning as witness. Jadeja has been asked to appear before the commission on September 5. The development could lead [...]
Rahul Sharma (left) was asked to probe the riots when he was DCP (PCR) in Ahmedabad. The Gujarat government has cleared the decks to chargesheet a 1992 batch IPS officer for breach of official secrecy, within a week of suspending another IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt for exposing the Narendra Modi establishment’s alleged collusion with the [...]
Senior Gujarat police officer Rahul Sharma Thursday moved the state high court against denial of information he needed to reply to a show cause notice served on him by the state government in February. He has been hauled up for giving without permission information to a judicial panel probing the 2002 Gujarat riots. The matter [...]
The Nanavati-Mehta Commission on Tuesday adjourned the re-examination of three senior retired government officers after two organisations – Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM) and Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) – objected to it saying witnesses could not be recalled once they had been examined and cross-examined. Ashok Narayan, K Chakravartty and P C Pande were to be re-examined today [...]
The clandestine operation to use evidence in the Gujarat riot cases not to book the guilty but to help them frame their defense once again highlights the need appointment of an independent prosecuting agency such as the CBI. As IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s affidavit the Supreme court shows, the advocate general of Gujarat – Tushar [...]
Senior Counsel for JSM, Mukul Sinha submitted that the Chakravathy, Narayanan and Pande, have already recorded their statements with regard to the said meeting and had also filed respective affidavits before the panel six years ago.”When the issue has been dealt with, there cannot be re-examination of the witness on the same issue,” Sinha said.The [...]
