Advocate Rajat Nair, appearing for the CBI and the Gujarat government said some additional material needed to be placed before the court with regard to the cases and, therefore, four weeks time may be given.
SIT chargesheet against Teesta Setalvad: The SIT of Ahmedabad police filed the charge sheet against Setalvad, retired Director General of Police R B Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 riots.
Teesta Setalvad of bail plea: The Supreme Court wondered why the high court listed the bail prayer for hearing on September 19, six weeks after it sent a notice to the state government seeking a response to her application.
Teesta Setalvad case: On August 3, the Gujarat High Court issued notice to the state government on the plea and had fixed the matter for hearing on September 19.
Gujarat Riots Case: The sessions court in Ahmedabad was to pass its order on Friday on the bail applications of activist Teesta Setalvad and former DGP R B Sreekuamr arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame innocent people in the 2002 riots cases.
The FIR against Setalvad, Sreekumar and Bhatt was registered after the Supreme Court last month dismissed the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Teesta Setalvad and Sreekumar have denied the allegations made against them by a Special Investigation Team probing the case.
Teesta Setalvad, along with Sreekumar and Bhatt, was booked under IPC sections 468 (forgery) and 194 (giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction for capital offence) among other offences.
The Centre had in 2007 honoured Setalvad with the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in the country to recognise people's contribution in various spheres.
The prosecution had sought a 14-day remand of Setalvad and Sreekumar. The court of metropolitan magistrate SP Patel sent Setalvad and Sreekumar, both arrested in connection with an FIR lodged on Saturday by the city crime branch, to police custody till July 2, said public prosecutor Mitesh Amin.
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A team of Gujarat ATS has taken custody of activist Teesta Setalvad. The apex court had called for further investigation on Setalvad. On Friday, the Supreme Court had said that on whose behest did Setalvad run the campaign against Modi for 16 years?
New Delhi/Mumbai: In a big relief to social activist Teesta Setalvad, Supreme Court today stayed her arrest till February 19.Yesterday, The Police had reached Mumbai to arrest 2002-Gujarat riots' activist Setalvad and her husband Javed
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