Citizens for Justice and Peace
Broadcaster Should Take Action Against Anchors Who Fail To Remain Impartial: NBDSA Orders ‘News Nation’ To Take Down ‘Conversion Jihad’ Show Videos livelaw.in
25-Nov-2021
News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA), in its order November 15, while referring to a complaint made against News Channel News Nation’s November 6, 2020 show title ‘Conversion Jihad’ called upon the broadcaster to take remedial action against their anchors if they fail to remain impartial during broadcasts. Dealing with a complaint made by…
Using Bold Headlines And Attributing Her To Be ‘Modi Baiter’ Is Out Of Context, Lacks Neutrality: NBDSA On Times Now’s Debate On Teesta Setalvad’s Visit To Shaheen Bagh livelaw.in
25-Nov-2021
The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has ruled that a show aired by Times Now on activist Teesta Setalvad‘s visit to the Shaheen Bagh protest site were ‘devoid of objectivity‘ and violated Fundamental Principles as enumerated in the Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards and various Guidelines and Advisories issued by NBDSA. Accordingly,…
Gujarat Riots Perpetrated Through “Design”: Zakia Jafri Tells Supreme Court ndtv.com
25-Nov-2021
Zakia Jafri, the wife of late Congress leader Ehsan Jafri who was killed at Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002, during the violence, has challenged the SIT’s clean chit to 64 people including Narendra Modi. A coach of Sabarmati Express was burnt at Godhra, triggering riots in Gujarat in 2002. (File) The violence…
Probe didn’t record Army officer’s statement: Zakia counsel to SC Indian Express
25-Nov-2021
Jafri has also appealed against Gujarat High Court’s order upholding the decision of the Ahmedabad Metropolitan Magistrate court to accept the closure report which gave a clean chit to the then chief minister Narendra Modi and others in the riot-related cases. Zakia Jafri Zakia Jafri, wife of Congress MP Ahsan Jafri who was killed in…
‘This Is A Case Where The Majesty Of Law Has Been Deeply Injured’: Kapil Sibal Concludes His Arguments Before Supreme Court In Gujarat Riots-Zakia Jafri Matter livelaw.in
24-Nov-2021
On Tuesday, Senior Advocate, Mr. Kapil Sibal appearing for the Petitioner, vehemently argued that the SIT that had given clean chit to the highest functionaries of the State of Gujarat, who were alleged to have been involved in the Gujarat riots of 2002, did not conduct proper investigation and the Magistrate and the Gujarat High…
Gujarat riots: Collaborators later rewarded, victim’s wife tells SC The Telegraph
12-Nov-2021
Zakia Jafri’s husband and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was burnt alive with 68 others in Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society Officials who “collaborated” in the 2002 Gujarat violence or in the scuttling of a probe into the possible role of VIPs were later rewarded, a riot victim’s wife told the Supreme Court on Thursday. R.K. Raghavan,…
Gujarat Riots | SIT Ignored Tehelka Sting Tapes In Zakia Jafri’s Case, Though They Were Accepted By Court In Naroda Patya Case : Sibal To Supreme Court livelaw.in
11-Nov-2021
On Wednesday, while making his submissions in the Zakia Jafri’s appeal, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal contended that the Special Investigation Team had not conducted any form of investigation in the matter. A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar heard submissions in the plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to…
SIT did not investigate, protected people from prosecution in 2002 riots: Zakia Jafri tells SC Zee News
11-Nov-2021
The wife of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri has challenged the SIT’s clean chit to 64 people including PM Narendra Modi, the then Gujarat chief minister during the 2002 riots in Gujarat. New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) had not conducted any probe on the alleged larger conspiracy in the 2002 Gujarat riots and…
‘No investigation, but an effort to protect the bureaucracy’: Kapil Sibal in Zakia Jafri hearing newslaundry.com
11-Nov-2021
Today was the fourth day of the Supreme Court hearing of a petition filed by Zakia, the widow of Congress MLA Ehsan Jafri, pertaining to the Gujarat riots case. The Supreme Court today continued hearing a petition filed by Zakia Ahsan Jafri, the widow of Congress MLA Ehsan Jafri who was killed during the Gujarat…
[Zakia Jafri petition] Communal violence like lava from volcano, I lost my grandparents to it: Kapil Sibal to Supreme Court barandbench.com
11-Nov-2021
Sibal, however, maintained that he does not want to accuse anyone and a message has to go that violence in the name of religion will not be tolerated. Communal violence is an institutionalised problem and is like lava from a volcano which breeds revenge, Congress leader Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court on…