NEW DELHI, SEP 9
The Supreme Court on Friday while hearing petitions challenging the remission and release granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case posted the matter for hearing after three weeks. The Apex Court was hearing the pleas filed by CPI(M) leader Subhashini Ali and TMC MP Mahua Moitra. The top court issued notice to all 11 released convicts and has asked the Gujarat government to reply in two weeks.
A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna was hearing the plea challenging the decision of the state to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case and murder of fourteen members of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Supreme Court also asked the Gujarat government to file all the relevant documents, including the remission order of the convicts in the case.
- The Supreme Court also asked the Gujarat government to file all the relevant documents, including the remission order of the convicts in the case.
- Earlier on August 25, a bench headed by then Chief Justice N V Ramana (retired) issued notices to the Centre and the Gujarat government on the pleas filed by CPI(M) and TMC leaders a day before demitting office.
Notably, the 11 convicts who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the case were released last month. The convicts were set free under Gujarat’s remission policy after their application for remission of the sentence was allowed. They had been convicted in 2008 and were sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of rape and murder of her family members.
Earlier on August 25, a bench headed by then Chief Justice N V Ramana (retired) issued notices to the Centre and the Gujarat government on the pleas filed by CPI(M) and TMC leaders a day before demitting office.
