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, already before [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Gujarat High Court today issued notice to the state government on a petition seeking CBI probe into the death of two students of gurukul run by god man Asaram in Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad. The issue of the death of two cousins had led to violent protests by people and even the Ashram was attacked. [...]
Civil rights activist organisations including Jan Sangharsh Manch and Prashant have welcomed the decision of the Supreme to set up fast track courts for holding trial of important riot cases on a day-to-day basis. However, they said the appointment of judges should be done either by the Gujarat High Court or the Supreme Court Welcoming [...]
The Gujarat High Court Saturday served a show cause notice to the state government, asking why the probe into the mysterious deaths of two boys at a boarding school run by spiritual leader Asaram Bapu here should not be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The bodies of the Abhishek Vaghela, 11, and [...]
More than seven years after the communal violence in Gujarat, survivors have fresh hopes of getting justice as the Supreme Court Friday ordered the state to set up special fast-track courts to try 10 key cases and provide protection to witnesses. It, however, ruled out transferring the cases out of Gujarat. While giving its ruling [...]
Survivors of communal violence in Gujarat and their lawyers Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s order to the Narendra Modi government to protect witnesses and set up fast-track courts to deliver justice. In Naroda Patia on the outskirts of the city, where at least 95 people were killed March 1, 2002, survivors were jubilant when they [...]
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered a special probe panel to investigate the role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and top state officials in the 2002 communal riots and submit a report within three months. A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly also ordered the Raghavan Committee panel, headed by former [...]
