The Gujarat government on Tuesday maintained that Mumbai collegian Ishrat Jahan and three of her friends killed in a 2004 shootout were terrorists and said it would challenge a report of a metropolitan magistrate that said the police shot them in cold blood.
A day after the report by Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate S P Tamang that [...]
Five years after she was gunned down as an alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist, Gujarat High Court has ordered a probe that would establish if indeed Ishrat Jahan was a fidayeen or simply a college student felled by trigger-happy policemen.
The court has set up a three-member committee of senior IPS officers to investigate afresh the June 2004 killing of [...]
A day after the Gujarat government announced its decision to set up an inquiry commission to study change in demographic patterns in the state since independence and identify the reasons behind the “polarisation” and migration of population, NGOs and human rights activists have reacted strongly to the move. They say the move is intended to [...]
The Gujarat High Court ordered the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday, not to carry out demolition work on any part of the historic Rani Sipri Masjid without consulting the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the mosque management.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice Akil Kureshi also directed the AMC [...]
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Gujarat Police suspects “black magic” at spiritual guru Asaram Bapu’s institution in Ahmedabad.
The CID became suspicious while probing the deaths of two boys, Dipesh and Abhishekh Waghela, at Asaram Bapu’s gurukul (education institute) last year.
"Some disciples of Asaram knew about it and were trying to conceal the information," [...]
The Centre today returned the controversial anti-terror bill passed by the Gujarat Assembly, saying it could not be sent for presidential assent without three key amendments.
The Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill has been pending with the Centre for over four years.
“The cabinet has approved the proposal to recommend to the President that the bill [...]
After Supreme Court ordered a probe into Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s role in 2002 riots, a rights group has once again moved an application before Nanavati-Mehta commission, seeking questioning of Modi. Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM) lawyer Mukul Sinha put forth a detailed argument based on evidence provided in affidavits filed by police officers, [...]
Girish Patel, the name that has become synonymous with the human rights struggle in Gujarat, has urged activists and people of the state not to approach courts during any movement to safeguard the rights of the downtrodden.
Patel said the entire movement on such issues dies down following the court order, which generally falls in the [...]
State Minister Amit Shah, who figures among 63 whose role in 2002 riots is to be probed, heads Legal Department that will make the selections
The appointment of public prosecutors for the riot cases has raised legal as well as moral questions, given the fact that this has to be made by the state Legal Department, [...]
High Court registry receives SC order on special courts
The Gujarat High Court, as per the directions of the Supreme Court, will soon initiate the process of setting up six fast-track courts for the trial of the 2002 riot cases.
A High Court official said that the HC registry received the apex court’s order on Monday, [...]
