Citizens for Justice and Peace
‘Communal Violence Like Lava, Leaves Earth Fertile For Future Revenge’ : Kapil Sibal In Gujarat Riots Case Live Law
11-Nov-2021
During the arguments in the Gujarat riots case before the Supreme Court, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal got emotional talking about the dangers of communal violence and recalled that he had lost his maternal grandparents in the violence during the aftermath of partition. Sibal was appearing for Zakia Jafri, the widow of Congress leader Ehsan Jafri…
Zakia Jafri Fights On: Revisiting Gujarat Riots And SIT’s Clean Chit To Narendra Modi hwnews.in
11-Nov-2021
Zakia Jafri, widow of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, has challenged the SIT’s clean chit to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 post-Godhra riots. After repeated adjournments for over 2 years, the Apex Court late last month started hearing one of the most important matters that involves the top political leader of…
Gujarat Violence: Why Zakia Jafri Wants the SC to Look Into SIT’s Clean Chit to Modi, Others The Wire
28-Oct-2021
All the evidence on a ‘larger conspiracy’ submitted to the SIT merited a thorough probe, the petitioners argue, yet a closure report was filed without proper investigation. Zakia Jafri. Photo: PTI/Files New Delhi: Appearing before the Supreme Court, Zakia Jafri’s lawyer Kapil Sibal has been arguing that the special investigation team’s closure report into whether…
Zakia Jafri SLP: All we want is an investigation, argues senior counsel Kapil Sibal SC has started hearing CJP’s Special Leave Petition since October 26
27-Oct-2021
On October 26, the Supreme Court began hearing a Special Leave Petition filed by Zakia Ahsan Jafri and Citizens for Justice and Peace. Zakia Jafri is the wife of slain congress leader Ahsan Jafri who was brutally murdered in the Gulberg massacre of 2002. Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioners highlighted the main…
Remembering Gulberg: Revisiting the Ruins 17 years after the massacre, Ehsan Jafri and Azhar Mody's Families meet at Gulberg Society
01-Mar-2019
On February 28, 2002 a raging mob descended on Gulberg Society in Gujarat, baying for the blood of its residents. Many of them took refuge in the home of former Congress Member of Parliament Ehsan Jafri. Infact, when the crowd became uncontrollable, Jafri bravely stepped out to reason with them. But they lynched him brutally…
ज़किया ज़ाफ़री मामला फिर आया सुर्ख़ियों में प्रेस विज्ञप्ति
18-Nov-2018
ज़किया ज़ाफरी द्वारा दायर स्पेशल लीव पिटिशन, जिसे गुजरात हाईकोर्ट ने 5 अक्टूबर 2017 को ख़ारिज कर दिया था वो मामला अब सुप्रीम कोर्ट में है, जिसकी सुनवाई सोमवार 19 नवम्बर को होगी. अपनी याचिका में ज़किया ज़ाफरी ने गुजरात दंगों में नरेन्द्र मोदी को क्लीन चिट दिए जाने का विरोध किया था. 8 दिसंबर…
In Search Of Parzania An Exclusive Blog by Special Inivitation
26-Nov-2017
For generations our family has been an integral part of Gujarat. My grandfather not only played a pivotal role in the independence of Gujarat from Bombay State, but also chaired the Hindu Maha Sabha Chapter of Ahmedabad. He often was host to leaders like Shyama Prasad Mukherji as well as musicians like Bismillah Khan. My…
Public Statement – from Citizens for Justice & Peace & Sabrang Trust
13-Mar-2013
March 13, 2013 Public Statement – from Citizens for Justice & Peace & Sabrang Trust A deliberate campaign to vilify the efforts to procure justice for the Victims of the carnage of 2002 that has been sustained and supported by vested powerful interests in Gujarat and the opposition party at the national level…