In Mumbai court, Zahira and her two brothers turned hostile and did not support the prosecution case saying that they did not see the mob setting the bakery on fire.
Four convicts of the Best Bakery case have been shifted to the central jail in the city in Vadodra, official sources said on Monday.
Special Judge Abhay Tipse directed prosecutor P R Vakil to submit drafts of charges against all the 21 accused by September 13. The trial is on in Mumbai.
The Commission decided to consult eminent lawyers for their advice.
The Bombay high court on Monday acquitted five accused in the 2002 Best Bakery riots case for want of evidence but upheld the conviction of four others sentenced to life term by the trial court.
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Yasmin Sheikh, an eyewitness in the Best Bakery case and sister-in-law of prime witness Zaheera Sheikh, on Tuesday identified eleven accused in the case.
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The peace plan included that Gaza will be a deradicalised, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours and will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza. The peace plan stated that if both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end. Israeli forces will withdraw to the agreed upon line to prepare for hostage release.
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The security for the judge has been beefed up in view of the mails.
The government said the court could not have done it as it was not an issue before it.
A trial court has acquitted twenty-one accused in the Bakery case earlier.
'These two cases are being watched by the nation and any untoward incident happening there lead to reactions elsewhere,' Additional Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) Bipin Bihari said.
The court's order came after a plea made by Salim Mira Shaikh, an accused in the 1993 blast case, through his lawyer Farhana Shah, claimed that the story was false.
The Judge had issued notice to Sehrunissa, Zaheera and her other family members to show cause why action should not be taken against them for giving false evidence.
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She was referred to King George's Medical University as the women's hospital in Ayodhya did not have the facility to provide adequate treatment, the district's chief medical officer Sanjay Jain said.
Some long-running high profile trials, including 1993 serial blasts case and the Best Bakery retrial, reached culmination.
All 'right-thinking citizens' should rally behind Setalvad, they said.
Zahira Sheikh, the main witness in the Best Bakery case, has been summoned by the Vadodara police in connection with a complaint filed by her brother, Nafitullah, against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Madhu Srivastav.
Sehrunissa has said her statements were wrongly recorded.
Sehrunnisa alleged that Setalvad and her colleague, Rais Khan, had visited her house in Mumbai over a month ago and threatened to shoot her.
The affidavit had detailed the carnage and named some of the accused in the Best Bakery case.
Zaheera had been absconding ever since the Supreme Court sentenced her for perjury.
Setalvad questioned in the application: "Who arranged for the press conference (in which Zaheera retracted her earlier statement)?"
Defending the manner in which the apex court went ahead in providing security to the riot victims, he said: "The court has only discharged its constitutional obligations."
'The people of India have shown immense faith in the Tata group as they have never broken the trust of Indians.'
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