Citizens for Justice and Peace
Gulberg Massacre
29-Jun-2017
Incident takes place on 28.2.2002. FIR is dated the same day. KG Erda first PI at Meghaninagar Police Station files the FIR, he is later arraigned as accused by the SIT in 2009. Witness Survivors file several Applications under Section 173(8) of the CRPC dated 25.11.2002, 16.4.2003, 18.7.2003 and 4.11.2003 before the Supreme Court of India…
Analysis: How Gujarat’s Top Cops Deserted Residents of Gulberg Society
29-Jun-2017
Where were the Top Cops when Armed Mobs Surrounded and Attacked Gulberg Society? Commissioner of Police PC Pande Curfew was declared in the Meghaninagar area where the GulbergSociety is located at 12.54 pm (according to the Police Control Room Records-PCR ). By then, according to data of the PCR itself, the Gulberg Society had already…
Trial Proceedings Stalled by SIT
29-Jun-2017
The Trial runs intermittently from then on, just a few days a week for and for over 11 months the Special Investigation Team (SIT) actually ensures it does not continue by appealing against an Order of Judge Dhanda who had granted the Witnesses papers related to the role of Joint Commissioner Police MK Tandon and…
Stay on Final Judgment Lifted by SC
29-Jun-2017
Finally, the stay on the final judgement imposed by the Supreme Court is lifted and the Judge is directed to pronounce his verdict. Only one extension is granted after this. Credits: Sabrangindia https://sabrangindia.in/indepth/gulberg-massacre-tortuous-journey-justice?page=5
Arnab Goswami, Lekhi, Jethmalani & a bundle of Lies – Rukmini Sen
13-Jun-2017
Dear Arnab Goswami, Three Quick points- 1) Zakia Jafri has not taken her case/statement back from any court. 2) No court has said Teesta Setalvad is guilty of Perjury. 3) In Best Bakery case Zahira Sheikh was sentenced by the Indian Supreme Court to one year in prison for perjury. Teesta was proven innocent. It…
Gujarat 2002: Sardarpura Massacre, 33 Killed, 31 Convicted
13-Jun-2017
When the impossible happens In September 2003 the then chief justice of India, VN Khare, had sharply chastised the Gujarat government for not only its failure to protect lives and property but its open collusion in the subversion of the justice process and had subpoenaed evidence in the now famous Best Bakery case. The indignities…
“A huge compromise has been made by our so-called intellectuals.”
13-Jun-2017
We have an extremely compromised public discourse in India today, and a very compromised commercial media. Not to mention an “alternate media” which is really quite comfortable, and doesn’t ask these questions directly, where they should be asked – not just the government but also these institutions, these supposedly public spaces. Communal Violence in…
Justice Delivered, The Naroda Patiya Verdict
12-Jun-2017
To begin with, we offer our sincere apologies to readers of Communalism Combat. This special issue of the journal should have been with you a few months ago. Unfortunately, we were unable to bring it out for unavoidable reasons.From the feedback we have received over the years, it is clear that our readers preserve their copies…
Cancellation of FCRA of Sabrang Trust to stop public justice says Teesta Setalvad
12-Jun-2017
Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand are considering taking the matter of the FCRA cancellation of Sabrang Trust to court. The big verdict of Gulberg massacre case came on 17th June, 2016 and interestingly Sabrang Trust’s FCRA was cancelled by MHA on the 16th June. In a detailed 24-page response dated October 5, 2015, Sabrang Trust,…
Busting the Myth – Teesta Setalvad cheated residents of Gulberg society
12-Jun-2017
Myth- Teesta Setalvad cheated residents of Gulberg society. There has been a propoganda against Teesta Setalvad that she had collected money in the name of memorial “for” the victims “from” the victims and others. That she never gave that money to the victims. Fact- Teesta Setalvad gave legal aid to the victims/residents of Gulberg society. Yesterday, 2nd of June was the day of…