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In the Bilkis Rasool case, the sessions court deferred the hearing on the bail application of 14 accused.  The investigating officer told the court that some of the accused lodged in jail had threatened him.  The 14 arrested persons include three police officers, a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, and a lawyer.  Four more […]

In the Best Bakery case today, 20 accused filed a petition challenging the jurisdiction of the court that issued warrants against them.  Judgment will be issued later today: ‘‘We don’t know who is supposed to issue the warrants. As the trial court is to be in Maharashtra, it is outside the jurisdiction of Vadodara courts […]

A local Ahmedabad court has issued warrants against 2 of the accused in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case, arising from the Gujarat pogroms against Muslims in 2002.  The accused, both doctors charged with falsifying the post-mortem reports of the victims, were not present in court, despite the summons issued to them on […]

The Gujarat government filed an application on Monday in response to the Supreme Court’s order in the Best Bakery case that ordered the retrial of the case outside of Gujarat.  The government claimed that key witness Zahira Sheikh had never asked for the transfer of the trial from Gujarat: Claiming, inaccurately, that ‘‘no material was […]

The Central Bureau of Investigation has charged 20 people in the gang rape and murder of the family members of Bilkis Bano, stemming from the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat during 2002: Fourteen Muslims were alleged to have been killed and three women raped. Those charged include six policemen and two doctors accused of conspiracy […]

The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association will ask the Supreme Court to review its recent order in the Best Bakery case.  The Supreme Court ordered a retrial of the Best Bakery case to be held outside of Gujarat, finding that a fair trial was not possible in Gujarat in this case drawing from the pogroms […]

Jyotirmaya Sharma’s article in the Hindu takes a look at cases, besides the Best Bakery case, pending from the 2002 Gujarat massacre of Muslims.  Sharma discusses how about half of the 4,256 cases have ended with summary investigations: In the case of summary reports, the Gujarat Government …dismisses allegations of intimidation and enticing of witnesses […]

In addition to investigating the 1984 pogroms against the Sikhs, Justice (Retd.) Nanavati is also probing the Gujarat carnage of 2002.  In the Gujarat investigation, Justice Nanavati is working with Justice (Retd.) Shah.  They have asked the victims to submit a list of police officers to be examined by them in May: Rejecting the arguments […]

Father Cedric Prakash has filed a police complaint regarding the threats made to Teesta Setalvad, convenor of the Citizens for Justice and Peace, by two men he says have been accused of killings in the 2002 Gujarat pogroms against Muslims. In other news, victims have expressed hope after the Supreme Court verdict ordering a retrial […]

The Supreme Court has ordered a retrial of the Best Bakery case, after 21 people were acquitting for murdering 12 Muslims during the pogroms against the Muslims in Gujarat in 2002: It ruled the new trial must take place in neighbouring Maharashtra state and called for a fresh investigation… The Supreme Court said the first […]

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