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 [...]
Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Jaideep Patel was in constant touch with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s office during the Godhra riots in the state, an affidavit filed by lawyer Mukul Sinha Wednesday before G.T. Nanavati Commission probing the 2002 riots said. Sinha, the counsel for riot victims, said that Patel, an accused in [...]
The hearing on an NGO’s application asking for cross-examination of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with 2002 riots, was adjourned till June 22 by the Nanavati-Mehta Commission probing the cases here on Wednesday. The commission comprising of retired Justices G T Nanavati and Akshay Mehta adjourned the hearing after the lawyer [...]
The Nanavati-Mehta Commission, formerly the Nanavati-Shah Commission which in its first report on the 2002 Godhra train burning incident had raised eyebrows by clearing BJP leaders of any involvement in the riots that followed, fixed May 20 for hearing an application on issuing summons to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and seven Cabinet colleagues for [...]
An NGO’s application seeking cross-examination of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots will be heard by the Nanavati Commission on May 20. Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), which has been contesting for the justice of riot victims before the commission, had first moved an application in August 2007 [...]
Justice Nanavati and Mehta Commission, which is probing post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, will hear on May 20 an application seeking cross-examination of chief minister Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 riots. The application was moved by Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM) in 2007.The hearing will take place following the JSM filing a fresh application to [...]
Seven years after hundreds of Muslims in Gujarat were murdered in some of India’s most vicious religious violence since partition, the families of those who died are a step closer to justice after the Supreme Court ordered the setting up of fast-track tribunals. Among the people to be investigated will be the state’s controversial chief [...]
The landmark order of the Supreme Court to reinvestigate the eight riots cases may have come a day after voting in Gujarat, but fears of this development having political ramifications in the remaining phases have not been ruled out.Speculations abound whether and how political parties will use this during campaigning for the remaining two phases [...]
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 [...]
Sitting in a cab or the more convenient three-wheelers called autorickshaws, while your driver negotiates the madness of India’s roads, you would be forgiven to think you are in your own city. For all Indian cities look the same. But it would be a mistake to dismiss Ahmadabad just like any other Indian city. This [...]
