Citizens for Justice and Peace
2002 Gujarat Riots: SC defers hearing in challenge to clean chit to PM Narendra Modi Bar and Bench
19-Nov-2018
The Supreme Court today adjourned the hearing in the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in relation to the Gujarat Riots of 2002, to November 26. Zakia Jafri is the wife of former Congress MP Ehshan Jafri, who was killed in the infamous Gulbarg Society Massacre…
What is the Zakia Jafri Case? A timeline of events and CJP's intervention
19-Nov-2018
Often confused with the Gulberg Society case, the Zakia Jafri case is a unique litigation that aims to bring to justice some of the most powerful perpetrators and masterminds behind the Gujarat 2002 anti-minorities violence. Watch this video to know more. Related: Zakia Jafri Case: Bringing the High and Mighty to Justice…
Zakia Jafri Case: Bringing the High and Mighty to Justice CJP works alongside Zakia Jafri in a mammoth litigation
19-Nov-2018
The Zakia Jafri case is a unique and unprecedented litigation that attempts to pin responsibility for the Gujarat 2002 carnage on the people who were in power at the time… people who failed to prevent the spread of violence, and may have done so deliberately. Often confused with the Gulberg Society case, mainly due to…
ज़किया ज़ाफ़री मामला फिर आया सुर्ख़ियों में प्रेस विज्ञप्ति
18-Nov-2018
ज़किया ज़ाफरी द्वारा दायर स्पेशल लीव पिटिशन, जिसे गुजरात हाईकोर्ट ने 5 अक्टूबर 2017 को ख़ारिज कर दिया था वो मामला अब सुप्रीम कोर्ट में है, जिसकी सुनवाई सोमवार 19 नवम्बर को होगी. अपनी याचिका में ज़किया ज़ाफरी ने गुजरात दंगों में नरेन्द्र मोदी को क्लीन चिट दिए जाने का विरोध किया था. 8 दिसंबर…
Gujarat riots: The journey of the Zakia Jafri case The Telegraph
18-Nov-2018
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up on November 19 (Monday) a petition filed by Zakia Jafri, the widow of slain former MP Ahsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given to Narendra Modi, the then chief minister, and others by a special investigation team (SIT) in a massacre during the riots of 2002 in…
Zakia Jafri’s Case is a Reminder of How the Guilty of Gujarat Subverted the Law The Wire
18-Nov-2018
On Monday, the Supreme Court will consider her appeal against the closure report of the SIT – which ignored all evidence to the contrary and decided the large-scale violence in the state was not the product of a criminal conspiracy. “Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the…
“Larger conspiracy” on build up to 2002 Gujarat riots: SC to hear “fresh” evidence Counterview
16-Nov-2018
The Special Leave Petition (SLP) of Zakia Jafri — widow of late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was killed on February 28, 2002, the day on which Gujarat riots killing more than 1000 persons began — has been placed for hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday, November 19. SLP challenges the order of the…
Supreme Court to hear plea against clean chit to Modi in Gujarat riots LiveMint
14-Nov-2018
The petition was filed by Zakia Jafri, wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was among 69 people killed in Gulbarg housing society in Ahmedabad during the riots New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on 19 November a plea challenging a clean chit given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others…
Zakia Jafri Case back in the Spotlight Press Release
13-Nov-2018
Zakia Jafri’s Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the order of the Gujarat High Court (dated October 5, 2017) dismissing her challenge to Magistrate Ganatra’s Order (dated December 26, 2013) and confirming the Closure Report of the SIT (dated December 8, 2012) came up for hearing before the Supreme Court of India today. The matter has…
2002 Gujarat riots case: SC to hear plea against clean chit to PM Modi on Nov. 19 National Herald
13-Nov-2018
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday, November 19, Zakia Jafri’s plea challenging the clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was then chief minister of Gujarat The Supreme Court will hear on Monday, November 19, Zakia Jafri’s plea challenging the clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was then chief minister of…