
New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea will come up for hearing in a Delhi court on Saturday in the 1984 Delhi Sikh riots case. Kumar has claimed contradictions in the affidavits and statement of key witness and complainant Jagdish Kaur. They were conducted by the GT Nanavati and Ranganath Mishra Commissions. Sajjan Kumar, Balwan Khokkar, Kishan Khokkar, Mahender Yadav, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal are facing trial in the...

10:04 AM, Jun 02, 2012

Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Thursday acquitted 13 youths belonging to minority community from charges of loot and setting afire 100 shops during post-Godhra riots of 2002, for lack of evidence. The youths were charged for rioting, arson, unlawful assembly and loot of around 100 shops owned by Hindus in the communally sensitive Kalupur area of the city. Additional sessions judge HM Dholakia acquitted them as most of the...

11:40 PM, May 31, 2012

Ahmedabad: In his bid to wean away Muslim voters from Congress' fold in election year, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is making efforts that include experimenting social engineering and even shedding his saffron persona to woo the community towards BJP. In what appears to be a well thought out strategy, Modi is holding a meeting of the state BJP Minority Cell at Staff Training College in Gandhinagar on Wednesday to...

11:00 PM, May 29, 2012

Ahmedabad: A local court in Ahmedabad on Monday allowed Zakia Jaffery to examine documents submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to it in relation to closure report against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in riot cases. Zakia, wife of former Congress MP Eshan Jaffery killed in Gujarat riots, on Monday filed a revised application in the court of metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra saying that many documents...

11:10 PM, May 28, 2012

Ahmedabad: The Supreme Court-mandated Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday opposed an application filed by NGO 'Jan Sangharsh Manch' urging a local court to restrict the SIT from handing over the documents, submitted by them in 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, to Zakia Jafri and others. SIT lawyer R S Jamuar opposed the application, saying since the apex court had directed it to provide all relevant documents concerning the probe...

11:59 PM, May 25, 2012

Ahmedabad: SIT chief RK Raghavan had found lapses on the part of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in his preliminary inquiry report into the 2002 riots case submitted two years, but gave him a clean chit saying there was not sufficient ground for any action under the law. Raghavan's comments on the preliminary inquiry report of the SIT were submitted in the Supreme Court in May, 2010, which mentioned that...

06:10 PM, May 13, 2012

Ahmedabad: There are many differences between the preliminary inquiry reports of the SIT and its final investigation report, which gave clean chit to Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case. The preliminary inquiry report filed by SIT, headed by RK Raghavan, in 2010, had substantiated eight allegations leveled by the complainant Zakia Jaffery, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jaffery, against the state administration. However, the final...

02:40 AM, May 12, 2012

Ahmedabad: The Supreme Court-appointed SIT has said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi took all possible steps to control the 2002 post-Godhra riots and questioned the motive behind filing a complaint against him by a riot victim four years after the communal violence. In its report submitted to a local court on the complaint of Zakia Jaffery, the SIT has said no charges levelled by the widow of former Congress...

01:55 AM, May 11, 2012

New Delhi: Three days after Zakia Jaffri was given a copy of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) and Amicus Curiae reports in the 2002 riots, she filed a fresh application on Thursday. In her application, Zakia listed those documents that had not been handed over to her. She has asked for the preliminary SIT report filed by A K Malhotra dated May 5, 2012. The next hearing in...

05:44 PM, May 10, 2012

New Delhi: A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday handed over the final copy of the SIT report on the Gulbarg massacre to Zakia Jafri, a month after the Supreme Court-appointed SIT gave Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a clean chit in the case. The report had sought a closure in the probe as it found no evidence against Narendra Modi. Jafri, the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri...

10:19 AM, May 10, 2012

Ahmedabad: The SIT closure report, which gave a clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in post-Godhra riots, has found faulted the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae's finding that he can be charged with certain offences related to the riots. The amicus curiae (one who assists the court) has "erred" by relying solely on the statements given by suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt and concluding that certain offences can be...

11:55 PM, May 08, 2012

The report of amicus curiae Raju Ramchandran with respect to Narendra Modi's culpability in the 2002 Gujarat riots has galvanised those who were disenchanted with the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team's (SIT's) findings in the case. Modi's supporters, who were relieved at the SIT giving a clean chit to their leader, are also a worried lot. But these expressions of excitement and anguish do not have much basis at this...

12:22 PM, May 08, 2012

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11:57 PM, May 07, 2012

On alleged involvement of Modi in 2002 riots, the SIT had said that there was no material that will justify further action under the law. ...

11:54 PM, May 07, 2012

New Delhi: In a jolt to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae has held that he can be prosecuted for his role during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The report by Raju Ramchandran is in sharp contrast to the report of the SIT, also appointed by the Supreme Court, which had given a clean chit to Modi. Both reports were finally handed over to Zakia Jaffri on...

09:15 PM, May 07, 2012