The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred to May 9 the hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the remission granted to the 11 convicts last year in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and murder of her family members during the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
The BJP has been blaming Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor and his outfit Gujarat Kshatriya-Thakor Sena for the outbreak of violence against Hindi-speaking people in the state.
The comments were made in Rokhthok column of the Sena mouthpiece Saamana which carried the Kadaknath Mumbaikar byline and not of the Marathi daily's executive editor Sanjay Raut.
Bano was gang-raped and seven members of her family were killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
'The Supreme Court has now demonstrated its capacity to right its own wrongs, and to place the rule of law above all else.'
Dev also attacked Narendra Modi government for imposing '12 per cent' GST on sanitary napkins, which she said 'runs contrary' to the government's 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign.
Self-styled Godman Asaram's son Narayan Sai was today allowed by a Delhi court to be taken into 24-hour custody of Gujarat Police which secured his transit remand for producing him before a court in Surat in connection with a rape case.
The girl was raped in the ICU of the hospital, where authorities do not allow relatives of the patient to stay back in the night.
A review of a very crucial verdict concerning rape and murder is being sought before the Supreme Court. Senior Advocate, Pramila Nesargi will petition the Chief Justice of India seeking a review of the Rameshbhai Chandubhai Rathod vs State Of Gujarat verdict, in which there were concurrent views on death sentence and finally a lifer was handed out after the matter was referred to a larger bench of the court. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
After the game, Gill and his sister were subjected to trolling and abuse by some on various social media platforms.
'We are scared. Several people have left the village out of fear of violence from the side of the convicts after their release'
Eleven convicts walked out of Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government allowed their release on August 15 this year.
He is now in the custody of Rajasthan Police for further probe, city Crime Branch's Assistant Commissioner of Police K N Patel said on Monday.
The Citizens for Justice and Peace through its secretary Teesta Setalvad has filed an intervention application in the pending cases before the Supreme Court on Saturday asking for the recent Telekha sting operation 'Gujarat Ka Kalank' to be summoned, examined as evidence.
The MP claimed she threatened to file a rape case against him if he did not pay her Rs 5 crore.
The police are yet to identify the girl.
Bilkis Bano on Wednesday challenged the remission of sentence and release of convicts in the 2002 rape and murder case filing a plea before the Supreme Court.
Amid the debate over the release of Bilkis Bano case convicts, the Madhya Pradesh government's proposed new policy provides for a life sentence till death for those held guilty for offences like gangrape and terrorist acts.
The report by Association for Democratic Reforms has the highest number of such politicians at 12.
Supreme Court judge Bela M Trivedi on Tuesday recused herself from hearing a plea filed by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven members of her family killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots, challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the case by the state government.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the state, told a bench comprising Justices Vineet Saran and Aniruddha Bose that whenever there is an allegation that a probe is not being carried fairly, the court takes the facts into account and then transfers the case to CBI after a prima facie conclusion.
Demanding that the remission must be revoked, the citizens noted that the early release of these murderers and rapists only strengthens the impunity of all men who commit rape and other acts of violence against women.
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Bilkis Yakoob Rasool had complained that the state police closed the case despite confirmation that she had been sexually assaulted.
The police has divided the investigation in such a manner that different departments are probing various aspects of the case to nail the culprits at the earliest.
The agency gave details of the threat to witnesses in the case and feared that they might come to harm if the trial is conducted in Gujarat.
The collegium had recommended her transfer on August 28, after which she had made a representation requesting it to reconsider the proposal.
The dismissal means the officer will not get benefits entitled to retired government employees.
A portion of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's ashram was burnt down in Pariya village at Pardi taluka in Valsad, Gujarat by a group of ex-followers, who are upset after allegations of sexual assault surfaced against him, police said.
The five accused arrested in connection with the gang rape of 23-year-old photojournalist were on Wednesday taken to Shakti Mills compound in Mumbai to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the crime.
Claiming that no untoward incident had taken place during the last 48 hours, Rupani said the situation has been brought under control by police.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the order of the Gujarat high court granting 14-day furlough to rape convict Narayan Sai, son of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.
Controversial godman Asaram Bapu, who had been lodged in Jodhpur jail since August in a sexual assault case, was on Monday brought to Amhedabad for interrogation in a similar case registered against him in Surat.
The policy of a state government for grant of remission existent at the time of conviction will be applicable while deciding the petition of a convict sentenced to life imprisonment seeking premature release, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
The CBI will also rope in experts to conduct the DNA test, the sources said and added that the skeletal remains could be brought to Delhi.
A former television journalist was allegedly attacked by a convict in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, who was out on parole, when she went to meet him regarding a book she is writing.
Officials said PFI has been under the radar of security agencies for its alleged role in violent protests in different parts of the country.
Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mevani on Monday alleged that his arrest by the Assam police is a pre-planned conspiracy "designed" by the Prime Minister's Office to destroy him ahead of assembly elections in the state and termed it an act of "56-inch cowardice".
If Kejriwal is arrested, it will take very little for Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena to summon a meeting of the assembly, direct it to elect a new leader of the House, and, if it doesn't, dissolve it and impose President's Rule, predicts Aditi Phadnis.
Following the Supreme Court's directive, a medical team in Ahmedabad gave permission for termination of a minor rape victim's 25-week-old pregnancy though the law allows abortion only until the 20th week.
