Citizens for Justice and Peace
Gujarat HC acquits 14, upholds Conviction of 17 in Sardarpura Massacre Case
20-Oct-2016
While upholding the conviction of 17 convicts, Gujarat High Court acquitted on Thursday remaining 14 convicts in Sardarpura massacre case of 2002. Image: The Indian Express Out of the 62 accused in the massacre that was probed by a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team, 31 were convicted for life imprisonment and the remaining had pleaded…
Modi-Fied Law Commission Member wants Indian Evidence Act to follow Shastras & Vedas
16-Oct-2016
Abhay Bhardwaj who has the ignoble record of defending all those accused of massacring 69 persons in the ghastly Gulberg massacre that took place under Narendra Modi’s watch as chief minister, Gujarat has told a television channel, owned by the Ambani group, TV 18 that the Indian Evidence Act should be modified to follow the…
Dalits in the Hindu Rashtra, A Close Look at the Gujarat Model
20-Jul-2016
For years now, we have been fed with stories, lies and half-truths about the Gujarat Model. We should not ever forget that this model began to be ‘sold’ and ‘marketed’ post 2007, in the wake of India’s worst ever genocidal pogrom against Muslims, in 2002. It is not that under other governments and political parties,…
Lessons Not Learned from Gujarat 2002
28-Jun-2016
“With a purified heart, and with proper thinking, go on resolving to do honest work. The only objective of human life is to give up bad deeds and to develop good qualities.” – Atharvaveda, 5/3/41 “Oh men! you should not be satisfied with your present situation. You have to move forward and have to exert…
Lessons Not Learned from Gujarat 2002
28-Jun-2016
“With a purified heart, and with proper thinking, go on resolving to do honest work. The only objective of human life is to give up bad deeds and to develop good qualities.” – Atharvaveda, 5/3/41 “Oh men! you should not be satisfied with your present situation. You have to move forward and have to exert…
Travesty of Justice: Gulberg Society Verdict
19-Jun-2016
On June 2, 2016 declaring that he has not accepted the charge of criminal conspiracy, Special Judge PB Desai announced that he was convicting 11 accused for serious offenses and 13 others for lesser crimes. What followed was a courtroom drama that lasted four days with aggressive arguments being made by lawyers for the accused…
Happy Father’s day INDIA
19-Jun-2016
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY INDIA Farewell Abba – Father’s Day June 19, 2016 It is now two days since the Judgement in the famed Gulberg Society Case. It is also Father’s Day. Nargis Nishrin Hussain nee Jafri posted this on her FB Wall this morning, a poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz Chashm-e-nam, jaan-e-shoreeda kafi nahin Tohmat-e-ishq-posheeda…
Travesty of Justice: Gulberg Society Verdict
19-Jun-2016
On June 2, 2016 declaring that he has not accepted the charge of criminal conspiracy, Special Judge PB Desai announced that he was convicting 11 accused for serious offenses and 13 others for lesser crimes. What followed was a courtroom drama that lasted four days with aggressive arguments being made by lawyers for the accused…
Travesty of Justice: Gulberg Society Verdict
19-Jun-2016
On June 2, 2016 declaring that he has not accepted the charge of criminal conspiracy, Special Judge PB Desai announced that he was convicting 11 accused for serious offenses and 13 others for lesser crimes. What followed was a courtroom drama that lasted four days with aggressive arguments being made by lawyers for the accused…
Gulberg Massacre Conspiracy: The Telltale Mobile Call Records of February 27/28, 2002
18-Jun-2016
In his oral observations pronouncing judgement on June 2, special judge P.B. Desai said in open court that he has not accepted the rigorous arguments made by advocates for the witness survivors, with evidence, on a wider conspiracy behind the Gulberg carnage. Curiously, SIT prosecutor RC Kodekar (appointed after the first public prosecutors RK Shah…