Citizens for Justice and Peace
SIT Ordered to Probe Incomplete Investigation
08-Sep-2009
Sit Ordered to Probe Incomplete Investigation(September 8, 2009) Application Under 173(8) filed by Witnesses and Citizens for Justice and Peace Media Reports highlight how the Special Investigation Team(SIT) which was to probe into the 2002 riots was ordered by a special court to produce evidence in front of the court which was missing. This included…
Application in the Supreme Court, praying for the reconstitution of the SIT (CJP)
17-Apr-2009
The petition stated that the Gujarat state affidavit, which made reference to certain portions of the SIT report which cast aspersions on Ms Teesta Setalvad and Advocate Mr. Tirmizi on the grounds of directing certain witnesses, should be expunged. Since the matter is reserved for orders, the petition observed that it attempted to take attention…
Tabular Presentation by Teesta Setalvad to SIT team and 2 Annexures
29-May-2008
Tabular Presentation by Teesta Setalvad, Secretary Citizens for Justice and Peace before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court through its Order dated 26.3.2008 following Part I, II and III Statements submitted at Gandhinagar on May 9, 2008. This detailed and substantiated presentation flags several crucial issues that needed to be…
CJP Submission on Appointment of SIT
26-Mar-2008
The Supreme Court noted that the cases of Godhra, Gulberg Society, Naroda Patiya, Naroda Gaon, Sardarpura, Ode, Dipda Darwaza, needed to be re-investigated. The court based its findings on the counsel for both parties and the note of the Amicus Curiae and the judgement held that the considerations that the lack of investigation and the…
Gujarat 2002-2007 Genocide’s aftermath
01-Jun-2007
Unchanged: Destroyed house in Ode, June 2006 A challenge to the Indian republic Five years after independent India’s worst ever state sponsored carnage directed against the Muslim minority, issues of state impunity for mass crimes, accountability to the Constitution, deliverance of justice, fair compensation and reparation, citizenship rights and an ongoing climate of fear and…
Submission by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve
27-Mar-2007
The Supreme Court appointed Amicus Curiae Harish Salve submitted a note on 27th March 2007 on the background of the riot cases as well as on Gulberg Society, Ode, Sardarpura, Naroda Gaon and Naroda Patiya. With regards to Gulberg, the Amicus Curiae notes that there are three different charge sheets recorded, two against the State…
CJP Represents the Witness Survivors in the Supreme Court
01-Oct-2003
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) represents the Witness Survivors case in the Supreme Court. The Amicus Curiae appointed in October 2003 also makes separate representations before the Court. The issue of partisan prosecutors is continually raised by the Supreme Court as is the issue of faulty investigations and threats to the survivors. Credit: Sabrangindia https://sabrangindia.in/indepth/gulberg-massacre-tortuous-journey-justice