NANAVATI COMMISSION DIRECTS OFFICERS OF CHIEF MINISTER’S OFFICE TO FILE AFFIDAVIT STATING THEIR TELEPHONIC TALKS BUT DECLINES TO ISSUE SUMMONS TO CHIEF MINISTER
After about two years of Jan Sangharsh Manch making application requesting the Commission to issue summons to seven persons including the Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi for the purpose if enquiring into the [...]
The Ahmedabad crime branch police apparently has been caught on the wrong foot in requesting the then Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) to hold an enquiry into the June 15, 2004, “police encounter” of Ishrat Jehan and three others near the Kotarpur water works on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
According to the legal experts, the enquiry under [...]
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, [...]
Gujarat’s Minister of State for Women’s Welfare Mayaben Kodnani and State Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaideep Patel were accused of “leading and instigating” a violent mob to attack the minorities in Naroda-Patiya and Naroda Gaam localities in the aftermath of the Godhra train carnage on February 28, 2002.
More than 105 people, including about 95 in [...]
Stavan Desai and Sweta Ramanujan-Dixit , Hindustan TimesFebruary 23, 2009
Fighting for Justice
Mukhtar Muhammad, 41
Footwear wholesaler
When Mukhtar Muhammad drove his Tata Sumo through a burning mass of rubble and loot from shops in Panchmahal district to escape a murderous mob of rioters on February 28, 2002, he did not know he would be facing such trial [...]
Press Release The Trials and Tribulations of the Past Seven Years Seven Years back, on 27th February,around 8.30am in the morning, Mohamad Hussein Kalota , the then President of the Godhra Municipality was preparing to go to Gandhinagar to discuss with the Government about some problems of his Municipality. He received a telephone call from Godhra [...]
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 fishing [...]
THE DERAILED REPORT OF SABARMATI EXPRESS
(Please click on the below link for the complete text of Jan Sangharsh Manch’s Report on the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra)
ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO GODHRA BY JAN SANGHARSH MANCH
PREAMBLE:
1. On 28th February 2002, the news dailies of Gujarat were carrying the screaming headlines of the gruesome death [...]
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Production of Terrorist Act, Gujarat.
How does one declare a war on terrorism if there are no terrorists around? In Gujarat, this logical hurdle is easily surmounted. Create them first and then declare war on them so that the "hapless citizens" can vote you to power as their sole savior! [...]
The Nanavati Commission report describing the 2002 Sabarmati Express fire at Godhra as a conspiracy has not surprised anyone. The report has in fact confirmed the worst apprehensions of rights activists, Non-Governmental Organisations and lawyers that the commission would toe the BJP line that the fire was the result of a conspiracy.
The composition of the [...]
