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Gujarat HC rejects IPS officer Sharma's plea

Gujarat HC rejects IPS officer Sharma's plea

Rediff.com12 Aug 2011

Gujarat High Court on Friday rejected IPS officer Rahul Sharma's petition seeking details of the grounds on which he was served a show cause notice by the state government in February this year over providing phone call records related to the 2002 riots.

Third judge of Guj HC begins hearing on Lokayukta appointment

Third judge of Guj HC begins hearing on Lokayukta appointment

Rediff.com23 Nov 2011

A third judge of the Gujarat high court on Wednesday began hearing the dispute over appointment of Lokayukta of the state, following the split verdict where two judges had differed on the matter.

Ishrat Jahan encounter fake: SIT tells Gujarat HC

Ishrat Jahan encounter fake: SIT tells Gujarat HC

Rediff.com21 Nov 2011

In a blow to the Narendra Modi government, the Gujarat high court-appointed Special Investigation Team on Monday concluded that the controversial police encounter with college girl Ishrat Jehan and three others was fake as they were killed prior to the incident. Following the finding by SIT, the high court will pass a final order on Wednesday whether to file a fresh first investigation report to include the murder charge.

Bhatt moves Guj HC to quash complaint against him

Bhatt moves Guj HC to quash complaint against him

Rediff.com16 Nov 2011

Suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt has approached the Gujarat high court to quash a complaint filed against him for allegedly furnishing a false information with intention to evade summons. The petition filed on Tuesday is likely to come up for hearing next week.

Parsi woman married outside community granted right to enter fire temple

Parsi woman married outside community granted right to enter fire temple

Rediff.com14 Dec 2017

Goolrukh Gupta was barred from entering the fire temple and towers of silence after she married a non-Parsi man.

Ishrat case: SIT gets new chief

Ishrat case: SIT gets new chief

Rediff.com15 Jul 2011

The Gujarat High Court on Friday relieved Satyapal Singh as chief of Special Investigation Team probing the Ishrat Jahan encounter case and appointed senior Indian Police Service officer J V Ramudu as his successor.

Guj HC orders further probe into RTI activist Jethva's murder

Guj HC orders further probe into RTI activist Jethva's murder

Rediff.com19 Oct 2011

The Gujarat high court on Wednesday ordered further probe into the murder of Right To Information activist Amit Jethva in view of allegations made by his father.

Gujarat HC gives split verdict on Lokayukta appointment

Gujarat HC gives split verdict on Lokayukta appointment

Rediff.com10 Oct 2011

The Gujarat high court gave a split verdict on the appointment of a Lokayukta by the governor with one judge upholding it and another differing from that view.

Ishrat case: Guj HC asks SIT to submit final report by Nov 18

Ishrat case: Guj HC asks SIT to submit final report by Nov 18

Rediff.com7 Oct 2011

The Gujarat high court on Ahmedabad asked the Special Investigation Team, probing the encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others, to submit its final report by November 18.

Modi, Shah wanted to destroy Pandya murder evidence: Bhatt

Modi, Shah wanted to destroy Pandya murder evidence: Bhatt

Rediff.com27 Sep 2011

Suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt on Tuesday told the Gujarat high court that Chief Minister Narendra Modi and former Minister of State for Home Amit Shah had tried to pressurise him to destroy crucial evidence in the Haren Pandya murder case.

Gujarat Lokayukta case: HC issues fresh notice to RA Mehta

Gujarat Lokayukta case: HC issues fresh notice to RA Mehta

Rediff.com21 Sep 2011

The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a fresh notice to Justice R A Mehta (retired) who was appointed as the Lokayukta by the governor bypassing the Narendra Modi government. The state government has challenged the governor's decision in the high court.

Gujarat HC notice to SIT on admitting Godhra sting op as evidence

Gujarat HC notice to SIT on admitting Godhra sting op as evidence

Rediff.com29 Dec 2011

The Gujarat high court on Thursday issued a notice to the Special Investigation Team on a petition by a convict sentenced to death in the Godhra train carnage, demanding that additional evidence in form of CDs of a TV sting operation be brought on record

Submit Ishrat report in a moth: Gujarat HC to SIT

Submit Ishrat report in a moth: Gujarat HC to SIT

Rediff.com9 Sep 2011

Gujarat high court on Friday gave the special investigation team probing Ishrat Jahan case about a month's time to submit the final report.

Pandya case: CBI to file SPL against Guj HC order

Pandya case: CBI to file SPL against Guj HC order

Rediff.com2 Sep 2011

The Central Bureau of Investigations will file a special leave petition against the Gujarat high court order in the murder case of former home minister of Gujarat Haren Pandya. Slamming the Central Bureau of Investigation for its "washed up" and "blinkered" probe in the 2003 murder, the Gujarat HC on August 29 dropped charges against all 12 accused.

Haren Pandya murder: Wife seeks new probe

Haren Pandya murder: Wife seeks new probe

Rediff.com31 Aug 2011

Gujarat High Court on Monday dropped murder charges against the 12 accused of killing former minister Haren Pandya in 2003 by upholding a trial court's verdict convicting them of criminal conspiracy and terrorism under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).

Pandian threatening witnesses in Sohrabuddin case

Pandian threatening witnesses in Sohrabuddin case

Rediff.com25 Dec 2010

Incarcerated IPS officer Rajkumar Pandiyan, an accused in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case, has been threatening witnesses from inside the jail, the Central Bureau of Investigation alleged before the Gujarat High Court.

Give Ishrat progress report in 1 month: HC to SIT

Give Ishrat progress report in 1 month: HC to SIT

Rediff.com5 Aug 2011

The Gujarat High Court on Friday asked the Special Investigation Team to try and complete robe into 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others, in one month, and also directed its chairman to probe the retractions of statements by some key witnesses.

Fourth SIT chief takes charge in Ishrat case

Fourth SIT chief takes charge in Ishrat case

Rediff.com28 Jul 2011

R R Verma on Thursday took charge as the fourth chief of the Special Investigation Team probing the Ishrat Jahan police encounter case at the agency's office in Shahibaug area in Ahemedabad.

2009 affidavit on Ishrat to Guj HC changed at 'political level': Pillai

2009 affidavit on Ishrat to Guj HC changed at 'political level': Pillai

Rediff.com25 Feb 2016

Former Union Home Secretary G K Pillai on Thursday said that the affidavit submitted to the Gujarat high court in 2009 about Lashkar-e-Taiyba links of Ishrat Jahan and her accomplices, who were killed in an alleged fake encounter in 2004, was changed at the "political level".

Ishrat case: New SIT chief appointed, yet again

Ishrat case: New SIT chief appointed, yet again

Rediff.com19 Jul 2011

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday appointed Rajiv Ranjan Verma, a Bihar cadre Indian Police Service officer, as the fourth chief of the Special Investigation Team probing the Ishrat Jahan encounter, while coming down heavily on the Centre for adopting a "causal approach" in the case.

Sohrab case: Judge recuses from hearing Chudasama's bail plea

Sohrab case: Judge recuses from hearing Chudasama's bail plea

Rediff.com14 Oct 2011

A Gujarat high court judge on Friday recused himself from hearing the bail plea of suspended Indian Police Service officer Abhay Chudasama who was arrested on the charge of being the key conspirator in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

HC slaps Rs 25K fine on petitioner seeking Gujarat Guv recall

HC slaps Rs 25K fine on petitioner seeking Gujarat Guv recall

Rediff.com14 Oct 2011

The Gujarat high court on Friday rejected a public interest litigation seeking recall of Governor Kamla, and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner.

After split verdict, Guj Lokayukta case to go to third judge

After split verdict, Guj Lokayukta case to go to third judge

Rediff.com12 Oct 2011

In the wake of a split verdict by the Gujarat high court on the controversial appointment of Lokayukta by the Governor, the issue is now likely to go to a third judge for breaking the tie.

Guj govt challenges acquittals in Godhra verdict

Guj govt challenges acquittals in Godhra verdict

Rediff.com25 Jun 2011

The state government has challenged a trial court's decision to acquit 61 persons in the Godhra train burning case in Gujarat high court and sought death sentences for twenty convicts awarded life imprisonment in the case.

2002 Gujarat riots: HC judge recuses from hearing Kodnani's bail plea

2002 Gujarat riots: HC judge recuses from hearing Kodnani's bail plea

Rediff.com15 Jul 2014

A single judge bench of the Gujarat high court on Tuesday recused itself from hearing a plea by former state minister Maya Kodnani, convicted in the 2002 Naroda Patia riot case, seeking regular bail on the ground of her ill-health.

Breather for Teesta Setalvad after SC stays arrest order

Breather for Teesta Setalvad after SC stays arrest order

Rediff.com12 Feb 2015

The SC has stayed the arrest of social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband till Friday.

SC grants bail to 17 convicts in 2002 Sardarpura post-Godhra riots case

SC grants bail to 17 convicts in 2002 Sardarpura post-Godhra riots case

Rediff.com28 Jan 2020

The court said that all the convicts will have to undertake community services for six hours a week besides reporting to the local police station on a weekly basis as bail conditions.

HC adjourns hearing on plea to summon Modi

HC adjourns hearing on plea to summon Modi

Rediff.com30 Aug 2010

Gujarat high court on Monday adjourned till September 27 the hearing on a petition by an NGO seeking to summon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in connection with 2002 Godhra riots.

Supreme Court stays SIT probe into Ishrat case

Supreme Court stays SIT probe into Ishrat case

Rediff.com27 Aug 2010

The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the Gujarat government from entrusting the Ishrat Jahan encounter case to the Special Investigation Team headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation director R K Raghavan which is probing the post-Godhra communal riots in the state

Ishrat encounter: SIT chalks out probe framework

Ishrat encounter: SIT chalks out probe framework

Rediff.com9 Dec 2010

Three-member Special Investigation Team, constituted by the Gujarat high court to inquire the 2004 encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others, met in Ahmedabad to chalk out the framework of probe.

Ishrat case: New SIT chief reluctant to take over

Ishrat case: New SIT chief reluctant to take over

Rediff.com16 Jul 2011

The appointment of the head of special investigation team to probe the death of college student Ishrat Jahan in an allegedly fake encounter with Gujarat police appears to be jinxed as a third Indian Police Service officer expressed unwillingness to take up the job.

CBI probe on Ishrat: HC reserves order till Aug 12

CBI probe on Ishrat: HC reserves order till Aug 12

Rediff.com23 Jul 2010

Gujarat high court on Thursday reserved order till August 12 into the petitions demanding CBI probe in the 2004 encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others.

Ishrat case: SIT to get copy of Tamang report

Ishrat case: SIT to get copy of Tamang report

Rediff.com11 Mar 2011

The Gujarat high court on Thursday approved the plea of the Special Investigating Team, probing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan, seeking copy of Judicial Magistrate S P Tamang's report which had concluded that the encounter was fake.

COVID-19 surge: More states opt for lockdown-like curbs

COVID-19 surge: More states opt for lockdown-like curbs

Rediff.com20 Apr 2021

The Centre stressed that the next three weeks will be critical for the country reeling from the worst health crisis as it announced a series of measures to shore up medical infrastructure and supplies and scale up vaccination.

HC constitutes new SIT to probe Ishrat encounter

HC constitutes new SIT to probe Ishrat encounter

Rediff.com24 Sep 2010

The Gujarat high court on Friday constituted a new special investigations team comprising three Indian Police Services officers to probe the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

SC asks Guj HC to hear Ishrat case plea

SC asks Guj HC to hear Ishrat case plea

Rediff.com6 Sep 2010

The Supreme Court asked the Gujarat High Court to consider and pass appropriate order for constituting a separate Special Investigation Team (SIT) for probing the case relating to killing of Ishrat Jahan in an encounter.

Godhra case: Hearing put off for two months

Godhra case: Hearing put off for two months

Rediff.com6 Apr 2011

The Gujarat high court on Wednesday granted two months' time to the special court to submit case papers of the 2002 Godhra train burning case, in which 11 persons have received death sentence, while 20 others have been awarded life imprisonment.

Ishrat Jahan encounter probe too goes to SIT

Ishrat Jahan encounter probe too goes to SIT

Rediff.com12 Aug 2010

The Gujarat high court on Thursday ordered the transfer of the Ishrat Jahan encounter case probe to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation director R K Raghavan

Asaram misses flight after his supporters clash with media

Asaram misses flight after his supporters clash with media

Rediff.com30 Aug 2013

Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu failed to catch a flight today for New Delhi, after he was prevented from entering the airport due to a clash between his enraged supporters who smashed TV cameras and other equipment carried by reporters waiting for him, sources said.

HC allows SIT to get voice samples of riot accused

HC allows SIT to get voice samples of riot accused

Rediff.com6 Dec 2010

The Gujarat high court on Monday allowed the Special Investigation Team to take voice samples of the two accused in the Naroda Gam case for matching it with the audio-video evidence in the case.Justice M R Shah, hearing the SIT's appeal challenging the special riot court's order, allowed the agency to collect voice samples of Babu Bajrangi and former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Jaydeep Patel, accused in the Naroda Gam case.