Citizens for Justice and Peace
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…
No court with a conscience would ignore such evidence: Kapil Sibal argues in Zakia Jafri SLP Key instances of SIT ignoring evidence and failing to question those responsible, were highlighted today
10-Nov-2021
On November 10, the Supreme Court bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar continued to hear the arguments made by Senior Advocate Mr. Kapil Sibal in connection with the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Zakia Jafri, the widow of slain Congress MP Ahsan Jafri, and Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP). In…
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…
SIT Investigation flawed, evidence of serious lapses by state functionaries ignored: Zakia Jafri & CJP argue in SC SC will continue hearing the matter on November 10
28-Oct-2021
Senior counsel Kapil Sibal continued to argue the Zakia Jafri matter today, on October 27, before the Supreme Court bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar. Zakia Jafri and Citizens for Justice and Peace, have challenged the closure report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) pertaining to the complaint of June 8, 2006,…
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…
Gujarat Genocide: Mystery of the ‘Clean Chit’ How powerful perpetrators and their minions launched a propaganda campaign to distort facts
17-Nov-2018
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the Supreme Court to investigate Gujarat 2002 violence related cases has not given a ‘Clean Chit’ to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. In both reports, first filed in May 2010 before the Supreme Court (that includes Chairman RK Raghavan’s Comments separately) and the Closure report filed…
SC disposes off Petition against Arrest of Activists Turns down plea for SIT probe
28-Sep-2018
The Supreme Court has rejected a plea for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigation into the recent activists’ arrests in connection to the Bhima Koregaon case. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices A. M. Khanwilkar and D. Y. Chandrachud issued the judgement, with Justice Chandrachud offering the dissenting opinion. With this, the petition by prominent historian Romila…
Gauri Lankesh’s murder: Will justice prevail? With the murder investigation unfolding, will Gauri Lankesh get justice?
16-Jun-2018
On Tuesday, September 5, 2017, journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, 55, was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru by a bike-born assailant. On Monday, June 11, the sixth accused in the case, Parashuram Waghmore, 26, was arrested. With the murder investigation still unfolding, it remains to be seen if Gauri Lankesh will get justice.…
Who Are The Guilty?!
31-May-2017