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Supreme Court rejects Gujarat plea for review of Bilkis case order, adverse remarks
September 27, 2024 7:39 am
The top court, on January 8, struck down the relief granted by the Gujarat government to the 11 men who were sentenced to life in connection with the case, and ordered them to surrender to jail authorities within two weeks.
SC dismisses plea of 2 Bilkis case convicts
July 20, 2024 1:24 am
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar termed the plea as "absolutely misconceived" and said how can it sit in appeal over an order passed by another bench of the apex court.
Bilkis Bano case: One more convict moves SC seeking review of Jan 8 verdict cancelling remission
March 20, 2024 7:44 am
The review plea filed by Ramesh Rupabhai Chandana said the top court erred while passing the impugned order and overruling judgment dated May 13, 2022, passed by another bench of the apex court.
Bilkis Bano gangrape case: 2 convicts withdraw plea after HC indicates it is not inclined to grant parole
February 29, 2024 7:41 pm
The Gujarat HC had earlier granted parole leaves to two others after 11 of the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered before the Godhra sub-jail on January 21
Gujarat HC grants parole to second convict in Bilkis Bano case to attend nephew’s wedding
February 23, 2024 2:43 pm
Bilkis Bano case convict Ramesh Chandana got parole for 10 days to attend his nephew’s wedding. Earlier, the high court had allowed convict Pradip Modhiya parole after the death of his father-in-law.
Gujarat to SC: Review Bilkis order, remarks on state are unwarranted
February 14, 2024 12:07 pm
The plea said that the Supreme Court holding the state of Gujarat guilty of “usurpation of power” and “abuse of discretion” in its order “is an error apparent on the face of the record”.
In-law dead, Bilkis Bano case convict out on parole a fortnight after surrender
February 09, 2024 7:13 am
The court of Justice M R Mengdey on February 5 allowed Modhiya parole from February 7 to 11. In his plea, moved on January 31, Modhiya had sought 30-day parole due to his father-in-law’s death.
Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court agrees to hear pleas of convicts seeking extension of time to surrender
January 19, 2024 3:17 am
The Supreme Court had on January 8 asked the 11 Bilkis Bano case convicts to surrender to jail authorities within two weeks.
View from Pakistan: Why is India not on the US's list of countries ‘of particular concern’?
January 14, 2024 5:02 pm
PTI’s setback in the upcoming Pakistan polls, Sheikh Hasina’s dubious record on democracy and justice for Bilkis Bano — a weekly wrap-up of the issues being discussed in India’s neighbourhood
P Chidambaram writes: A Daniel come to judgement
January 30, 2024 10:50 am
The lessons of the Bilkis Bano case are that the dignity, liberty, privacy and human rights of citizens are violated with impunity. But there are intrepid police officers and courageous judges who will punish the guilty.
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Bilkis Bano case: Protest across the country against release of 11 convicts
August 25, 2022 12:20 pm
Eleven convicts serving life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case from the 2002 Gujarat riots were freed from the Godhra sub-jail on August 15 after a state government panel approved their application for remission of sentence.
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