The Supreme Court has rejected the Gujarat government’s petition to dismiss allegations in the Bilkis Bano case, which involves the controversial early release of 11 convicts from the 2002 riots. The court stated that the plea was baseless and emphasized systemic issues in the handling of the case.
Excoriating the Gujarat government, the apex court had said in its verdict that the state "usurped" the power of the Maharashtra government to grant remission to the convicts.
The SC had ordered the convicts to go back to jail within two weeks. They surrendered before Godhra jail authorities on January 21.
The development comes after the Supreme Court had dismissed the applications filed by convicts in the Bilkis Bano case seeking an extension of time to surrender before jail authorities. The convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment but released in August 2022 after serving 14 years of sentence.
Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court while dismissing the applications of convicts for an extension of time to surrender says that the reasons cited by them to seek postponement of surrender and report back to jail have no merit.
Bilkis Bano case: The matter seeking an extension of time was mentioned before a bench of Justices BV Nagarathana and Sanjay Karol today which asked the Registry to place the plea before CJI.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
The Gujarat government had released the 11 convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, on August 15, 2022. All the convicts in the case were released as per the state's remission policy.
The Gujarat government had released the 11 convicts, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, on August 15, 2022. All the convicts in the case were released as per the state's remission policy.
Radheshyam Shah, one of the 11 convicts who were released prematurely, informed the court that he has started practising law after getting out of jail.
The Gujarat government defended its decision of premature release of all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case during the 2002 riots.
The convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots chased her with a "blood thirsty approach" to hunt Muslims and kill them, the Supreme Court was told on Monday.
The Supreme Court, on May 9, had directed the publication of notices in the local newspapers, against the convicts who could not be served notices, including the one whose house was found by the local police to be locked and his phone switched off.
All the 11 convicts were granted remission by the Gujarat government and released on August 15 last year - a decision which was challenged by Bilkis Bano.
All 11 convicts walked out of the sub-jail on August 15, 2022, after the incarceration of 15 years as the Gujarat government allowed their premature release under its remission policy, causing an outcry.
All 11 convicts were granted remission by the Gujarat government and released on August 15 last year which created a huge outrage by women's rights activists.
Bilkis Bano remission plea: A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala assured Bano, represented through her lawyer Shobha Gupta, that the new bench will be formed. "I will have a bench constituted. Will look at it this evening," the CJI said.
On the issue of Bilkis Bano, Owaisi surrounded the Modi government and said that why the Bilkis Bano case is pending till date….
Bilkis Bano case: The Supreme Court dismissed the review petition filed by gangrape victim Bilkis Bano, seeking a review of the May 2022 judgment which held that the Gujarat Government had the jurisdiction to decide the remission applications of 11 convicts.
Bilkis Bano, who moved the Supreme Court challenging the remission and release of 11 convicts, said she would stand and fight again. "I will stand and fight again, against what is wrong and for what is right," she asserted.
Top News
Latest News
