Citizens for Justice and Peace
Legal Technicalities in the Zakia Zafri Case Part 4 of a Four Part Interview with Senior Advocate Mihir Desai
28-Oct-2017
Senior counsel, Mihir Desai explains how two FIRs can be filed in matters of grave crimes and how courts have approached the issue of larger conspiracy. How far has the High Court gone in its judgement of 5th October, 2017? The High Court has not analysed or examined this evidence.
Order of the Gujarat High Court Dated October 5, 2017, Judge Sonia Gokhani
05-Oct-2017
The 153 page Order partially allowed the criminal revision application of Zakia Jafri, holding that Magistrate BG Ganatra was wrong in holding (Order dated 26.12.2013) that he had no scope or powers to order criminal compliant further investigation. Zakia Jafri had filed her criminal complaint before the Gujarat Police on June 8, 2006 and when…
Witness Transfer application -2 (imtiaz)
31-May-2017
Gujarat HC Refuses Bail to Kodnani
31-May-2017
2002 Trials Struggle for Justice
23-Jul-2012
July 23, 2012 Press Release 2002 Trials Struggle for Justice The Citizens for Justice welcomes the conviction of five persons who were convicted to life imprisonment for the murder of two youth of the minority community on November 2, 2003 in a post 2002 communal flare-up at Viramgam near Ahmedabad. Twenty-eight other accused were…
Media on Witness Pleas
19-Oct-2010
October 19, 2010 Rejecting Witness Plea to Probe Destruction of Records Unfortunate The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) terms as unfortunate the rejection, by the Gujarat Sessions and Gujarat High Court, of the eyewitnessÂ’ pleas to examine those witnesses who could throw a light on the destruction of police control room records of…
Gujarat HC notice to SIT
24-Feb-2010
February 24, 2010 Gujarat HC notice to SIT February 24, 2010 The Gujarat High Court issued notice on a criminal revision petition filed by witness Imtiyaz Khan Pathan urging that three accused, Manish Splendour (Patel), Mahendra Pukhraj and Jagrupsingh Rajput in the Gulberg Society Massacre Case. Respondents in the matter are the Gujarat state…
Transfer against Biased Judge Admitted
05-Mar-2009
March 5, 2009 Press Release Transfer against Biased Judge Admitted Justice Anant Dave of the Gujarat High Court admitted a petition filed by eyewitnesses of the Gulberg Massacre case alleging bias and unprofessional conduct against Special Court Judge BU Joshi and seeking a transfer of the Case from his Court. The case is now…
Transfer against Biased Judge Admitted
05-Mar-2009
March 5, 2009 Press Release Transfer against Biased Judge Admitted Justice Anant Dave of the Gujarat High Court admitted a petition filed by eyewitnesses of the Gulberg Massacre case alleging bias and unprofessional conduct against Special Court Judge BU Joshi and seeking a transfer of the Case from his Court. The case is now…