Ahmedabad: After a U-turn by the Gujarat government on the death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani and nine others, convicted in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, the SIT has decided to seek Supreme Court's guidance on the issue. "Very soon, we are going to file an application before the special bench of the Supreme Court apprising it about the recent Gujarat Government's decision to withdraw the sanction for filing appeal in the Naroda Patiya case," a top SIT official to PTI.
He was responding to a query whether SIT has filed a petition in the apex court in this regard or not. "We are not filing any petition because we are neither a party nor a respondent in the matter. But as we are Supreme Court appointed officers for the case we will file an application seeking judicial guidance on this matter," he said.
"We will file an application before the special bench of the apex court comprising Justices P Sathsivam, MY Iqbal and Ranjana Desai," the SIT official said. Under attack from right wing groups, the Gujarat government on Monday had said it has withheld its decision to seek death penalty for former minister Kodnani, Babu Bajrangi and eight others in the riot case.
Earlier, the state government had given its consent to Supreme Court-appointed SIT to file an appeal in the High Court seeking capital punishment for Kodnani, Bajrangi and others, who were awarded life term by a lower court. State Finance Minister and
06:42 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday flayed Gujarat government for withholding its decision to seek death for Maya Kodnani in the Naroda Patiya case, saying there has been no change in the mindset of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his feelings about a community. "It proves that Modi has not changed. He was like this in the past and will remain so in the future. There has been no change in...
02:14 PM, May 14, 2013
Ahmedabad: In a U-turn of sorts, the Gujarat state legal department has written to the chief prosecutor in the Naroda Patiya massacre case, seeking approval for enhancement of punishment for BJP leader Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal's Babu Bajrangi to be put on hold. The legal department wants the punishment to be put on hold until further instructions. Earlier the department had given a sanction to the Special Investigation Team...
08:51 AM, May 14, 2013
Ahmedabad: There is trouble for former Gujarat Women and Child Development Minister Maya Kodnani as the Special Investigation Team probing the 2002 riots will move the Gujarat High Court seeking death for her in the Naroda Patiya massacre case. The approval for this was given by the legal department of the Gujarat government. The SIT also wants death for Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi and eight others convicted. 97 persons...
08:21 AM, Apr 17, 2013
The verdict and the sentencing of the Naroda Patiya massacre throw light on important questions on all riot cases. ...
08:41 PM, Aug 31, 2012
While BJP MLA Maya Kodnani will stay in jail for 28 years, Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi has got life imprisonment till death. ...
07:57 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Ahmedabad: An uneasy calm prevails in the Naroda Patiya locality of Ahmedabad hours before the sentencing of 32 persons convicted in the 2002 massacre during the Gujarat riots. Former Gujarat minister and BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi are among those convicted. Although the police presence has been tightened in the area, the residents remain apprehensive. Naroda Patiya resident Salim Shaikh said, "There is some apprehension...
08:06 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Ahmedabad: A special court will pronounce the quantum of punishment for 32 convicts in the 2002 post-Godhra Naroda Patiya riots case on Friday in Ahmedabad. BJP MLA and former minister in the Narendra Modi government Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi are among the 32 people convicted by a special court in the Naroda Patiya riots case on Wednesday, in which, 97 people belonging to the minority community...
07:14 AM, Aug 31, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has ruled out an apology for the 2002 Gujarat riots. In an interview to The Wall Street Journal, Modi said the guilty in the riots case did not deserve forgiveness through an apology, but a punishment. "One only has to ask for forgiveness if one is guilty of a crime. If you think it's such a big crime, why should the culprit be forgiven?...
07:52 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Supreme Court upholds death for 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab. Former Gujarat minister and 31 others convicted in Naroda Patiya massacre case. ...
11:58 PM, Aug 29, 2012
A special court has convicted former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani and 31 others in the Naroda Patiya massacre case. ...
11:55 PM, Aug 29, 2012
The witnesses of Naroda Patiya massacre case are not happy yet. They want more accused to be held guilty and punished. ...
11:52 PM, Aug 29, 2012
A special court has convicted Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi along with 30 other people in the case. ...
07:49 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress did not waste one minute in grabbing the opportunity to attack the BJP on the Naroda Patiya massacre verdict on Wednesday. Lashing out at the main Opposition party, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that it was "evident" that in the riots, BJP leaders and officials were involved. A trial court in Gujarat convicted BJP MLA Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi in the massacre...
01:21 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: A trial court in Gujarat has deferred till Friday the sentencing in the Naroda Patiya massacre case. The trial court on Wednesday convicted 32 people and acquitted 29 others in the massacre which took place during the 2002 Gujarat riots. In a major blow to the Narendra Modi government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Naroda, Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi too were convicted in the...
01:16 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: A trial court in Gujarat has deferred till Thursday the sentencing in the Naroda Patiya massacre case. The trial court on Wednesday convicted 32 people and acquitted 29 others in the massacre which took place during the 2002 Gujarat riots. In a major blow to the Narendra Modi government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Naroda, Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi too were convicted in the...
01:00 PM, Aug 29, 2012
A trial court in Gujarat has convicted 32 people and acquitted 29 others in the Naroda Patiya massacre case which took place during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Tonight at 10 on Face The Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether a sense of justice is returning to Gujarat.
12:00 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: A trial court in Gujarat has convicted 32 people and acquitted 29 others in the Naroda Patiya massacre case which took place during the 2002 Gujarat riots. In a major blow to the Narendra Modi government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Naroda, Maya Kodnani, and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi, too, have been convicted in the case. Kodnani, who is the first BJP leader to be convicted in...
11:26 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: It is the day of judgement in one of the most tragic cases in the 2002 Gujarat riots. A trial court in Ahmedabad will deliver its verdict in the Naroda Patiya massacre in which 95 people were killed mercilessly and the accused include a former BJP MLA and a senior state BJP leader. The case has been probed by a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigating Team. For Shakila Bano, eight...
07:12 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Ahmedabad: The judgement in the Naroda Patiya massacre case that took place during the 2002 Gujarat riots has been deferred to August 29. Three of the 62 accused in the case were not present in the court following which the Ahmedabad court of Additional Principal Judge Jyotsna Yagnik issued non-bailable warrants against them. The three accused are Rajesh Kantilal Chhara, Suresh alias Sehzad Chhara and Ramesh Keshavlal Chhara. During the...
11:32 AM, Jun 30, 2012
