Ahmedabad: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Wednesday demanded that Nanavati Commission, which is probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the basis of allegations made by late Amarsinh Chaudhary, a former Gujarat Chief Minister. Bhatt sent a letter to the Commission on Wednesday, along with a copy of Chaudhary's affidavit. The letter said "the affidavit clearly delineates the deliberate inaction on the part of Chief...
01:48 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Ahmedabad: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Friday criticised the Nanavati Commission saying that in its interim report it exonerated Chief Minister Narendra Modi by way of a "clear overreach" of its mandate. In his submission before the Commission, Bhatt said, "It has come to my knowledge that the Commission, during the submission of its interim report, had by way of a clear overreach of the mandate, as provided under...
11:21 PM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine if the Special Investigating Team appointed by it to inquire into the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases can share its report with the Nanavati Commission, which too is probing into Godhra train carnage and the subsequent riots. A bench headed by Justice DK Jain said it will look into the matter, when the SIT approached it with a plea for its...
01:41 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday recalled its March 19 order seeking response of the Nanavati Commission and the Gujarat government on a plea for direction to the panel to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 riots. A bench of justices D K Jain and A K Dave on Friday said, "We are recalling our order dated March 19, 2012" and posted the...
06:25 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Gujarat government and the Nanavati Commission, that is in charge of probing the 2002 riots in the state, acting on a plea by an NGO seeking direction to the Commission that Chief Minister Narendra Modi be summoned to court for questioning. A bench of justices DK Jain and AK Dave issued notices to the Commission and the state...
04:32 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Ahmedabad: National Commission for Minorities has summoned some former and serving Gujarat IPS officers in connection with the alleged destruction of crucial records pertaining to the 2002 Godhra riots cases. The Commission has directed IPS officers Sanjiv Bhatt (now suspended), Rahul Sharma and former State Intelligence Bureau Chief RB Sreekumar to appear before it in this regard. "I shall be deposing before the NCM on March 12. We have been...
11:38 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Ahmedabad: Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court-appointed SIT reportedly giving a clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Saturday accused the state government and the probe agency of "destroying" records related to 2002 post-Godhra riots. In a letter written to the Nanavati Commission, Bhatt alleged the crucial records related to 2002 post-Godhra riots have been "destroyed" by Gujarat government and SIT. "It...
06:54 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has rejected the appeal of NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch seeking Chief Minister Narendra Modi's deposition before the Nanavati-Mehta Commission in the 2002 riots cases. The Gujarat High Court has said that there is no need to summon or cross examine Modi in the cases. A division bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising of Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Sonia Gokani passed the order on...
11:28 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday reserved order on a petition seeking a direction to the Nanavati Commission to call Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots. A division bench of Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice Sonia Gokani reserved order on a petition by the NGO Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), representing some of the riot victims. The court is likely to give its...
10:30 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Gujarat High Court will on Monday hear a plea seeking direction to the Nanawati commission to summon Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in the 2002 riots case. The commission is supposed to submit its report by March 31 when its extension ends. Earlier, the Nanavati Commission has indicated that it may submit its final report with regard to the 2002 post-Godhra riots by the end of...
12:27 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Ahmedabad: The Nanavati Commission has indicated it may submit its final report with regard to the 2002 post-Godhra riots by the end of March 2012, the State Government told the Gujarat High Court on Thursday. The submission was made by government pleader P K Jani before a division bench of acting Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala, while referring the letter written by the commission to the...
05:49 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Ahmedabad: Suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt on Thursday sought his joint examination with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and ex-DGP RB Sreekumar before the Nanavati Commission in connection with the alleged undermining of judicial proceedings related to 2002 riots. In a letter to the two-member judicial panel, Bhatt said, "in addition to my deposition before the Commission, the latest affidavit of Sreekumar also clearly refers to the direct role of...
04:37 AM, Dec 16, 2011
Ahmedabad: Suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt on Thursday sought his joint examination with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and ex-DGP RB Sreekumar before the Nanavati Commission in connection with the alleged undermining of judicial proceedings related to 2002 riots. In a letter to the two-member judicial panel, Bhatt said, "in addition to my deposition before the Commission, the latest affidavit of Sreekumar also clearly refers to the direct role of...
08:43 PM, Dec 15, 2011
Ahmedabad: Rs 6.32 crore have been spent on Nanavati Commission, which is probing the 2002 Gujarat riots, from its inception in March 2002 till October this year. The Commission gave the information in reply to an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act filed by social activist Vinod Pandya in August this year. Pandya, in his application, had sought information on the year-wise expenditure of the Commission, from its...
08:16 AM, Nov 02, 2011
Ahmedabad: The total expenditure of the Nanavati Commission, probing the 2002 riots, from its inception in March 2002 till October end 2011, has been Rs 6.32 crore. The Commission gave the information in reply to an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act filed by social activist Vinod Pandya in August. Pandya, in his application, had sought information on the year-wise expenditure of the Commission, from its inception till...
10:41 PM, Nov 01, 2011
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