Ahmedabad: A protest petition filed by Zakia Jafri seeking rejection of the SIT report giving clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in the post-Godhra riots case is likely to come up for hearing in a local court on Wednesday. Zakia, wife of 2002 post-Godhra riots victim and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the Gulbarg Society riots along with 68 others, had filed the petition in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate BJ Ganatra earlier in April 2013.
She sought rejection in toto of the closure report filed by the Supreme Court-appointed SIT on February 8, 2012. The Metropolitan Magistrate BJ Ganatra had ordered to hear the case on daily basis from April 24, 2013. "It is most likely that SIT will start its argument as it will be opposing our petition," advocate SM Vora, representing Zakia in the case, told PTI. In her petition, Zakia demanded filing of charge sheet against Modi and 58 others whom she had named in her complaint filed before the supreme court on June 8, 2006.
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02:00 AM, Apr 24, 2013
The Ahmedabad Crime Branch is likely to conduct an inquiry into activist Teesta Setalvad's collection of Funds for Gulbarg Society. The residents had alleged that Teesta had collected donations in the name of Gulbarg Society and had not distributed the money. ...
09:02 AM, Mar 13, 2013
It's been 11 years since the Godhra riots, but apart from waiting for justice, victims' families are now facing what they call another injustice. At a function marking 11 years of the riots, at Ahmedabad's Gulbarg Society, activist Teesta Setalvad was missing from the memorial service. The human rights activist finds herself at the receiving end after a set of Gulbarg Society residents sent her a notice, asking her to...
10:05 AM, Mar 01, 2013
New Delhi: In a setback to the activists seeking investigation against Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case, a Gujarat court on Tuesday rejected Zakia Jafris protest petition against the SIT closure report giving clean chit to the Gujarat Chief Minister due to lapse of time. In her complaint, Zakia had named Modi as prime accused and wanted him to be called for deposition. A metropolitan court rejected it saying...
05:23 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad metropolitan court on Monday rejected a petition by Teesta Setalvad and Amrish Patel to inspect the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the Gulbarg Society massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots. While dismissing Setalvad and Patel's petition, the court allowed Zakia Jafri's lawyer to inspect the 25,000-page long SIT report for five days from Tuesday. The SIT has also been directed to file an affidavit whether it...
04:59 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Amicus Curiae Raju Ramachandran's report on the 2002 Gujarat riots found that the role Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi needs to be investigated. Read the full text of the final report: SUBMITTED BY: RAJU RAMACHANDRAN, SENIOR ADVOCATE (AMICUS CURIAE) I.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: 1.This Hon'ble Court vide order dated 27.04.2009 directed the Special Investigation Team [hereinafter 'SIT'] to "look into" the complaint submitted by the Petitioner No. 1 on...
02:34 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran's report on the 2002 Gujarat riots found that the role Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi needs to be investigated. According to Ramachandran the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) found that the conduct of certain police officials and public prosecutors were deficient while dealing with riots while commenting that offences can be made against Modi under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)....
02:31 PM, May 07, 2012
Ahmedabad: A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday handed over the final copy of the SIT report on the Gulbarg Society massacre to Zakia Jafri, a month after the Supreme Court-appointed SIT found no prosecutable evidence against Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The report is 25,000-pages long. The court has asked Jafri to file an application if she feels there are discrepencies in the report or that documents are incomplete, on...
01:49 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Special Investigation Team (SIT) Chief Raghavan on Tuesday said that they have filed the closure report in the Gulbarg Society massacre case as they did not find any evidence against any of the 58 accused, including Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "We have filed a report saying no evidence. Hence, we have filed closure. It is now upto the court to take a view. I am satisfied with...
06:45 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, accused by slain former Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri's wife Zakia of not acting against rioters, has been given a clean chit by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the Gulbarg Society massacre case which took place during the 2002 riots in the state. The SIT filed its closure report in the Gulbarg Society massacre case on Tuesday, saying that no evidence had...
03:42 PM, Apr 10, 2012
Ahmedabad: Zakia Jafri should be given a copy of the Special Investigation Team report on the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre within 30 days, the Ahmedabad court of Metropolitan Magistrate MS Bhatt ruled on Tuesday. Zakia, the wife of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, has accused 58 people of being involved in the massacre. She has also accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of not taking any action to stop the...
03:10 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court is expected to decide on Zakia Jafri's plea for a copy of the SIT report on the 2002 Gulbarg society massacre on Tuesday. Zakia, who is the wife of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, has accused over 50 people of being involved in the post-Godhra riots and blamed Chief Minister Narendra Modi of not taking any action to prevent the massacre. Zakia's husband was among...
07:48 AM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court is set to hear Zakia Jafri's new plea seeking access to the SIT report on the Gulbarg Society massacre case on Tuesday. Zakia is the wife of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jaffri. The SIT may submit its reply on Tuesday. Zakia has accused 64 senior politicians, bureaucrats and police officers of committing crimes during the riots. Zakia has now asked the Supreme Court to order...
07:12 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Ahmedabad: A magisterial court in Ahmedabad rejected Zakia Jafri's plea to open the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the Gulbarg Society massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots in court. The court has said that the SIT will submit its final report on March 15 and Zakia Jafri can apply for a copy of the report after March 15. Zakia Jafri and Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace filed...
03:20 PM, Mar 03, 2012
Washington: A Congressional resolution urging Gujarat government to restore religious freedom in the state has been introduced in the US House of Representatives on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of communal riots. The non-binding resolution (H Res 569) "recognising the 10th anniversary of the tragic communal violence in Gujarat" was introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman Keith Ellison, early this week. Unlike most of such resolutions, it...
07:56 AM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: A magisterial court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver its verdict on Zakia Jafri's plea that she be given a copy of the complete report prepared by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the Gulbarg massacre case, 2002, during which her husband, Ehsan Jafri, was murdered. Zakia has also questioned if the report can be read out in court or not. The SIT has allegedly found no prosecutable...
07:06 AM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court will hear a fresh petition filed by the family of slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri on Wednesday. Zakia Jafri and Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace filed an application in the Metropolitan Court in Ahmedabad on Thursday stating that they have an apprehension that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has not filed the complete report in the Gulbarg Society massacre case as directed by...
07:59 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Ten years after the Gujarat massacre, how does the nation view Narendra Modi? Does he still face serious questions about his alleged role? Is he the best administrator in the country? Or can both coincide? ...
09:05 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Activist Teesta Setalvad said that she was happy with the court order to give the SIT report to Zakia Jafri. ...
04:14 PM, Feb 15, 2012
The Gujarat court has directed the SIT to give its report in the Gulbarg Society Massacre within a month. ...
03:57 PM, Feb 15, 2012
