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Days after the Supreme Court dismissed convict applications for a surrender deadline extension, this development unfolds.
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In a landmark verdict on January 8, the Supreme Court cancelled the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to the 11 men who gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered seven members of her family.
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BRS MLC K Kavitha on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's vedict reversing the remission of the convicts of Bilkis Bano case.
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Holding the PIL challenging the remission as maintainable, a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan said the Gujarat government was not the appropriate government to pass the remission order.
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Commenting on the remission policy of states, the bench said the question is whether the policy of premature release is being implemented uniformly in all cases in respect of all those who have completed 14 years and are eligible for it.
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Supreme Court said on Tuesday it will hear arguments on August 9 on the locus standi of multiple people who have filed PILs
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Supreme Court on Monday said that it will commence final hearing on August 7 in clutch of petitions challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts
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The Centre makes lethal laws to punish rapists, and also, it passes orders to forgive them
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A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Vikram Nath dismissed the review petition filed by Bano through advocate Shobha Gupta.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday told the counsel, representing Bilkis Bano, that the plea for urgent listing should not be mentioned frequently, saying "it is very irritating".
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Hyderabad: Not long ago videos of people welcoming 11 convicted rapists of Bilkis Bano with garlands and sweets went viral on the internet. Today #BilkisBano trends on Twitter again, courtesy, an approval by the Modi government. Earlier, reports suggested that the Gujarat government released 11 rapists by the grant of remission to prisoners as part […]
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Chennai: Actor Kushboo Sundar’s tweet against the release of men involved in rape has set off a series of reactions and debate and her party the BJP on Thursday maintained that the release of 11 convicts by Gujarat in the Bilkis Bano case was as per law and there was absolutely no politics involved. A […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought responses from the Centre and the Gujarat government on a plea challenging the remission granted to 11 life convicts in the case of Bilkis Bano’s gangrape and murder of her family members. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana issued notice to the Centre and […]
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Hyderabad: A day after requesting the Supreme Court to intervene and take immediate action against release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case of 2002 Gujarat riots, TRS MLC K Kavitha on Friday penned her predicament to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and urged the Apex Court to intervene in allowing the rapists […]
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The Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission and prematurely release the 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case is outrageous and has shaken the public faith in the justice system. It is ironic that the move by the BJP government in the poll-bound State runs contrary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oft-repeated assurance […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS is upping the ante against the BJP-led Central government especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level over the studied silence on the remission granted to 11 convicts in the case pertaining to Bilkis Bano’s rape and murder of seven others during the 2002 riots in Gujarat. The TRS top leadership […]
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Hyderabad: Eleven men who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case of 2002 were released from Godhra sub-jail on August 15 after a panel set up by the Gujarat government approved their application for remission of the sentence. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Raj Kumar said the remission application was considered […]
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Ahmedabad: Bilkis Bano, a survivor of the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat, has said the premature release of all the 11 convicts serving life sentence in a case related to her and seven family members, has shaken her faith in justice and left her numb. She has appealed to the Gujarat government to “undo this […]
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Earlier on Friday, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee sent a legal notice to Kangana, seeking an "unconditional apology" for her "derogatory" tweets against farmers.
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The notice comes in the wake of a tweet from the actor alleging that the 'Shaheen Bagh dadi' also joined the farmers' agitation over the new agri laws at various border points of the national capital.