09-Dec-2021
On December 8, the petitioners made their final submissions in the Zakia Jafri SLP hearing before the Supreme Court bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar and are likely to conclude today. Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, Zakia Jafri and Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), made several submissions countering…
12-Nov-2021
During the November 11 hearing of the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Zakia Jafri and CJP concerning the wider conspiracy behind the Gujarat riots of 2002, the petitioners presented before the Supreme Court substantial evidence to point out how the Special Investigation Team (SIT) ignored crucial evidence and elements that could have established conspiracy…
20-Apr-2018
In a huge setback for those seeking justice in Gujarat carnage cases of 2002, the Gujarat High Court today acquitted Maya Kodnani in the Naroda Patiya case. On August 29, 2012, Kodnani had been convicted by a special court for inciting mobs at Naroda Patiya to exact revenge for the Godhra train burning incident, and sentenced to 28 years in…