Bilkis Bano case: SC asks Gujarat to file complete proceedings inside two weeks; points discover to 11 convicts

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday requested the Gujarat authorities to file all the file of the proceedings together with the remission order given to the 11 convicts within the Bilkis Bano rape case inside two weeks.

The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna additionally issued a discover within the petition filed by TMC chief Mahua Moitra and to the convicts who’ve been granted remission.

Court’s order got here pursuant to submissions by Advocate Rishi Malhotra, showing for one of many convicts that the petitioners (Subhashini Ali, Revati Lalu and Roop Rekha Verma) had filed an software to implead the convicts on Thursday.

“I am against this impleadment business in criminal matters. Either in one of the petitions, let them be impleaded as a party. They also have no locus. They are just multiplying petitions and impleadment applications in every matter,” Malhotra additional submitted.

Earlier, a bench headed by the then CJI NV Ramana had sought response from the Centre and State of Gujarat within the PIL and in addition requested the petitioner to implead the 11 convicts and sought their response inside two weeks. The bench mentioned that it was solely involved whether or not the remission granted was in accordance with the regulation or not.

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Activists within the petition had sought manufacturing in addition to setting apart the remission order dated August 15, 2022, handed by the Government of Gujarat and directing quick re-arrest of the convicts. It has been argued within the petition that the competent authority was not an authority which was completely impartial and one that might apply its thoughts to the information.

Plea argued that no proper pondering authority making use of any take a look at beneath any extant coverage would take into account it match to grant remission to individuals who had been discovered to have been concerned within the fee of such grotesque acts.

Bilkis Bano’s household was attacked by a mob at Randhikpur village within the Dahod district of Gujarat throughout the post-Godhra riots on March 3, 2002. Bilkis Bano, who was 5 months pregnant at the moment, was gang-raped and 7 members of her household had been killed. Six different members managed to run away.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday requested the Gujarat authorities to file all the file of the proceedings together with the remission order given to the 11 convicts within the Bilkis Bano rape case inside two weeks.

The bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna additionally issued a discover within the petition filed by TMC chief Mahua Moitra and to the convicts who’ve been granted remission.

Court’s order got here pursuant to submissions by Advocate Rishi Malhotra, showing for one of many convicts that the petitioners (Subhashini Ali, Revati Lalu and Roop Rekha Verma) had filed an software to implead the convicts on Thursday.

“I am against this impleadment business in criminal matters. Either in one of the petitions, let them be impleaded as a party. They also have no locus. They are just multiplying petitions and impleadment applications in every matter,” Malhotra additional submitted.

Earlier, a bench headed by the then CJI NV Ramana had sought response from the Centre and State of Gujarat within the PIL and in addition requested the petitioner to implead the 11 convicts and sought their response inside two weeks. The bench mentioned that it was solely involved whether or not the remission granted was in accordance with the regulation or not.

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Activists within the petition had sought manufacturing in addition to setting apart the remission order dated August 15, 2022, handed by the Government of Gujarat and directing quick re-arrest of the convicts. It has been argued within the petition that the competent authority was not an authority which was completely impartial and one that might apply its thoughts to the information.

Plea argued that no proper pondering authority making use of any take a look at beneath any extant coverage would take into account it match to grant remission to individuals who had been discovered to have been concerned within the fee of such grotesque acts.

Bilkis Bano’s household was attacked by a mob at Randhikpur village within the Dahod district of Gujarat throughout the post-Godhra riots on March 3, 2002. Bilkis Bano, who was 5 months pregnant at the moment, was gang-raped and 7 members of her household had been killed. Six different members managed to run away.