Citizens for Justice and Peace
Media Trial: Stooges of the Establishment target Teesta Setalvad yet again, peddle canards in the name of Debate
24-Jan-2017
This is a response to the bile spread by an electronic channel that claims for itself the label of ‘independent journalism’. Specifically the ‘The News Hour’ Farce of Times Now on Monday night. All of us at Sabrang Trust and I personally would like to emphatically refute the bilious allegations that we believe are being…
Muslim man’s murder: India’s courts simply don’t punish hate speech with the severity it merits
18-Jan-2017
A Bombay High Court judge granting bail to three murder accused said that she considered the fact that the victim was Muslim a point in their favour. What are the implications of Justice Mridula Bhatkar’s January 12 order granting bail to three men accused of killing an unarmed innocent Muslim man in Pune in June…
Gujarat High Court directs Central Jail to submit report on Babu Bajrangi’s living condition by Monday
13-Jan-2017
The Gujarat High Court today directed the superintendent of Sabarmati Central Jail to submit a report on how former Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi lives in the prison. The direction was given by a division bench of justices Harsha Devani and A S Supehia while hearing Bajrangi’s regular bail plea. The court asked the jail…
Naroda Patia Case: Gujarat HC allows Free Case Papers to Survivors
21-Dec-2016
The High Court has also started hearing the appeal petitions on daily basis since last Monday, December 19 The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday allowed six victims of the 2002 Naroda Patia massacre to get case papers running into over 1.25 lakh pages free of cost from the registry of the court. Survivors backed by…
Witness File Application for Free Access to Papers in Naroda Patiya Appeal :Gujarat HC, December 2016
21-Dec-2016
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD DISTRICT: AHMEDABADMISC. CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. OF 2016 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2016 Fatimabibi Mohammed Yusuf Shaikh & Ors …Petitioners V E R S U S The State of Gujarat and Anr. …Respondents I N D E X Annex. Particulars Page No. Memo of petition “A”…
Naroda Patia Case: Gujarat HC allows Free Case Papers to Survivors
21-Dec-2016
The High Court has also started hearing the appeal petitions on daily basis since last Monday, December 19 The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday allowed six victims of the 2002 Naroda Patia massacre to get case papers running into over 1.25 lakh pages free of cost from the registry of the court. Survivors backed by…
Nearly 100 per cent Blind say Docs, Babu Bajrangi, Pushes for Permanent Bail in Gujarat HC
19-Dec-2016
Babu Bajrangi, the terror behind the 2002 genocidal carnage, already granted temporary parole (bail) eight times since his conviction for conspiracy and murder on August 29, 2012 is pushing to be granted permanent bail from the Gujarat High Court tomorrow. The appeal in the case is being heard before the Gujarat High Court. 32 persons…
With Asthana as Interim CBI Chief, CBI Resembles the Gujarat Bureau of Investigation
06-Dec-2016
With Sharma, Modi and now Asthana, the CBI is filled with acquiescent officers, comfortable to the Modi regime With the PMO (prime minister’s office) appointing Rakesh Asthana, a Gujarat cadre IPS officer, as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation—violating rules and norms—that has already attracted legal action challenging the move, the Delhi-based CBI…
Gujarat police recycling spiced-up allegations without a shred of evidence
02-Dec-2016
Rejoinder to Gujarat Police Affidavit alleging embezzlement of trust funds by Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand December 2, 2016 Press release We refer to reports appearing in a section of the media today about the Gujarat police having filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court alleging that Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand have embezzled nearly Rs…
Naroda patiya case: Babu Bajrangi gets 7 day-bail, 14th time since conviction
28-Oct-2016
Naroda patiya case: Babu Bajrangi gets 7 day-bail, 14th time since conviction The Vacation Bench of Justice B N Karia partly allowed Bajrangi’s bail plea by giving him seven days relief from jail against 30 days which he had sought. The Gujarat High Court on Thursday granted seven days bail to Naroda Patiya convict Babu Bajrangi…