The petition, coming just before the Lok Sabha polls, does not augur well for BJP as Modi, its Prime Ministerial candidate, once again comes under the scrutiny of courts for allegations he faces in relation to the 2002 riots.
“The Metropolitan Judge has accepted the contentions in the closure report of SIT without considering substantive arguments of the applicant (Zakia),” the petition said.
On December 26 last year, Ganatra had rejected Zakia's protest petition challenging the SIT clean chit to Modi. The SIT had filed the closure report on February 8, 2012.
The High Court is likely to hear the review petition on March 20.
“SIT has not conducted a free and fair investigation against those named in the complaint,” she has alleged.
Ehsan was among 68 people, who were killed when a rioting mob attacked Gulbarg Society, a locality dominated by members of a minority community, on February, 28 2002, a day after the Godhra train carnage.
