Citizens for Justice and Peace
Victory for Zakia Jafri and All Survivors of the Gujarat Genocidal Carnage of 2002 (SC Grants all Documents to Smt Jafri)
07-Feb-2013
The Supreme Court today restored the right of Complainant and Survivor Smt Zakia Jafri to access all documents related to the SIT investigation that were submitted to the Supreme Court between May 2010 and July-August 2011 to enable her to file her protest petition against the SIT’s closure report exonerating chief Minister Narendra Modi and…
CJP Press Release on Zakia Jafri’s SLP
03-Dec-2012
SC Issues Notice to Gujarat Govt. on Zakia Jafri case
29-Aug-2012
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Gujarat government and stayed Magistrate Ganatra’s order dated 27.11.2013 closing Zakia Jafri’s right to file a Protest Petition. Smt Zakia Jafri had, on 8.6.2006 filed a complaint alleging a sinister and wide level conspiracy to allow violence, deliberately subvert the strict directions to maintain order that led to the…
Zakia Jafri Presses for Documents being witheld by SIT
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…
Zakia Ahsan Jafri has filed a detailed Affidavit in Rejoinder to the SIT reply
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…
In Defence of HR Defender Setalvad and the Course of Public Justice (Gujarat 2002)
20-Oct-2010
October 20, 2010 In Defence of HR Defender Setalvad and the Course of Public Justice (Gujarat 2002) The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) especially its secretary Teesta Setalvad has been made the focus of a malicious and motivated campaign spearheaded by a newspaper run by BJP parliamentarian Chandan Mitra. While legal rebuttals and…
Media on Witness Pleas
19-Oct-2010
October 19, 2010 Rejecting Witness Plea to Probe Destruction of Records Unfortunate The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) terms as unfortunate the rejection, by the Gujarat Sessions and Gujarat High Court, of the eyewitnessÂ’ pleas to examine those witnesses who could throw a light on the destruction of police control room records of…
Note with the Rejoinder filed by CJP
28-Apr-2010
April 28, 2010 Petition of the reconstitution of SIT adjourned to May 6, 2010. The affidavit in rejoinder filed by Teesta Setalvad for Citizens for Justice and Peace is attached below with a brief note. Response of Teesta Setalvad, Citizens for Justice and Peace Affidavit in Rejoinder filed on 24.4.2010 EXCERPTS/POINTERS Government of GujaratÂ’s…