03-Jul-2012
Judge Dhanda hearing the Gulberg Trial today passed two orders explicitly rejecting the Special Investigation Team (SIT)s applications deferring filling investigation papers related to the questionable roles of former Joint CP MK Tandon, former DCP PB Gondia etc. In these orders the judge also passed severe strictures against the SIT for failing to produce the…
26-Jun-2012
Hearings in the historic Zakia Ahsan Jafri criminal complaint against chief minister Narendra Modi and others continued today with advocate for the complainant, Shri Mihir Desai arguing at length stating that there were five-six categories of documents that were being withheld from the Court and the Complainant by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). Elaborating on the detailed…
02-Jun-2012
Zakia Ahsan Jafri has filed a detailed Affidavit in Rejoinder to the SIT reply dated 25-5-2012 refusing her copies of the Investigation papers (Affidavit dated 2-6-2012 attached). She has also filed a separate affidavit taking objections to the SIT letter to her advocate objecting to Ms. Teesta SetalvadÂ’s letters. She has stated that in…
02-May-2012
The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) welcomes the decision of the Gujarat High Court to admit specifically the appeal filed by Victim Witnesses of the Sardarpura massacre in addition to the appeals filed by the state and the Special Investigation Team (SIT) last week. In fact the appeals filed by victim witnesses and supported…
02-May-2012
May 2, 2012 CJP welcomes Gujarat HC decision to admit Victim Witnesses Appeal The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) welcomes the decision of the Gujarat High Court to admit specifically the appeal filed by Victim Witnesses of the Sardarpura massacre in addition to the appeals filed by the state and the…
10-Nov-2011
Judge Jyotsna Yagnik hearing the Naroda Patiya Case today ordered that the SIT reviewed Witness Protection and Security to Naroda Patiya witnesses who had applied to her expressing concerns about their security following daylight murder of PW Nadeem Saiyed last week. Witnesses had requested the Court to issue directions to SIT. SIT will now have…
20-Jan-2011
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