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Bilkis Bano Case

SC denies interim bail to Bilkis Bano convicts amid remission plea dispute

Bilkis Bano case: The convicts had sought temporary release pending the Supreme Court's decision on a new remission plea

SC denies interim bail to Bilkis Bano convicts amid remission plea dispute
Updated On : 19 Jul 2024 | 4:15 PM IST

SC refuses to entertain plea of two convicts in Bilkis Bano's case

As a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and PV Sanjay Kumar was not inclined to entertain their plea, counsel appearing for convicts withdrew the petition

SC refuses to entertain plea of two convicts in Bilkis Bano's case
Updated On : 19 Jul 2024 | 1:37 PM IST

Communal riots victim Bilkis Bano casts vote with her husband in Gujarat

Gujarat communal riots victim Bilkis Bano on Tuesday cast her vote along with her husband in Devgadh Baria town under Dahod Lok Sabha constituency. Bano flashed her ink-marked finger after coming out of the polling station in Kapdi locality with her husband Yakub Rasul. Voting was held for 25 out of 26 constituencies in Gujarat in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party has renominated Dahod MP Jasvantsinh Bhabhor who is pitted against Prabha Kishor Taviad of Congress. Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was gang-raped while fleeing the horror of the communal riots that broke out in Gujarat after the Godhra train-burning incident in February 2002. Her three-year-old daughter was killed along with six members of her family. In its January 8 verdict, the Supreme Court quashed the remission granted to the 11 convicts and ordered that they be sent back to jail within two weeks. They later surrendered and are currently lodged in the Go

Communal riots victim Bilkis Bano casts vote with her husband in Gujarat
Updated On : 07 May 2024 | 8:16 PM IST

Bilkis Bano case: One more convict moves SC against Jan 8 verdict

One more convict in the Bilkis Bano case has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its January 8 verdict cancelling remission of his sentence, contending that it cannot be challenged based on the nature of the crime and "society's cry for justice". The review plea filed by Ramesh Rupabhai Chandana said the top court erred while passing the impugned order and overruling judgment dated May 13, 2022, passed by another bench of the apex court. The Gujarat government and two of the 11 convicts have already filed a petition seeking a review of the January 8 verdict in which remission orders of all of them were cancelled and they asked to surrender. Listing reasons for seeking a review of the verdict, the plea said the top court bench erred in its finding "on the ground that the remission order passed by the competent authority cannot be challenged on factual grounds, inter alia, the nature of the crime, impact on society and society's cry for justice after the conviction and sentenc

Bilkis Bano case: One more convict moves SC against Jan 8 verdict
Updated On : 18 Mar 2024 | 7:04 PM IST

2 Bilkis Bano case convicts move SC to challenge January 8 verdict

Two of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case have moved the Supreme Court contending that its January 8 verdict cancelling remission of their sentence was "in teeth of" a 2002 constitution bench order and sought the issue to be referred to a larger bench for "final" adjudication. Radheyshaym Bhagwandas Shah and Rajubhai Babulal Soni, both lodged in Godhra sub-jail after the apex court verdict, said an "anomalous" situation has arisen wherein two different coordinate benches (benches of same strength) have taken diametrically opposite view on the same issue of premature release as well as on which policy of the state government would be applicable to the petitioners for remission. The plea, filed through advocate Rishi Malhotra, said while one bench on May 13, 2022 categorically ordered the Gujarat government to consider the application of Radheyshaym Shah for premature release in terms of the state government's remission policy of July 9, 1992, the bench that pronounced the verdic

2 Bilkis Bano case convicts move SC to challenge January 8 verdict
Updated On : 02 Mar 2024 | 9:35 PM IST

Bilkis Bano case convict gets 10-day parole to attend nephew's wedding

The Gujarat High Court has granted 10-day parole to Bilkis Bano case convict Ramesh Chandana to attend his nephew's wedding scheduled for March 5. Chandana, who moved the High Court for parole last week, is the second convict in the case to be granted parole after all 11 convicts in the case surrendered at a jail in Godhra town on January 21 following a Supreme Court order. They were convicted in a case of gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots. "By this application, the convict-applicant prays for parole leave on the grounds of attending the marriage ceremony of the son of his sister. Taking into consideration the grounds urged in this application, the applicant-accused is ordered to be released on parole leave for a period of ten days," said Justice Divyesh Joshi in his order issued on Friday. As per the Gujarat government's affidavit before the Supreme Court, Chandana had enjoyed parole for 1,198 days and a furlough of

Bilkis Bano case convict gets 10-day parole to attend nephew's wedding
Updated On : 24 Feb 2024 | 9:24 AM IST

Bilkis Bano case: Guj govt files plea in SC to delete remarks against it

It argued that the State government had only acted as per the mandamus issued by the SC by way of its judgment of May 2022

Bilkis Bano case: Guj govt files plea in SC to delete remarks against it
Updated On : 14 Feb 2024 | 12:21 AM IST

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Highlights: Prez confers 'bal puraskars', urges kids to play sports
Updated On : 22 Jan 2024 | 11:50 PM IST

11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case surrender at Godhra sub-jail, say officials

All 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case surrendered late Sunday night at Godhra sub jail in Gujarat's Panchmahal district in keeping with the deadline imposed by the Supreme Court. "All 11 convicts have surrendered before jail authorities late Sunday night," said local Crime Branch inspector NL Desai. The top court had on January 8 annulled the remission the Gujarat government granted to the 11 convicts in the high-profile case while slamming the State for being "complicit" with an accused and abusing its discretion. It ordered the convicts, who were released prematurely on Independence Day in 2022, to go back to jail within two weeks. The apex court had a couple of days ago rejected pleas of the convicts for grant of more time to surrender and had asked them to do so by Sunday. The 11 convicts are Bakabhai Vohania, Bipin Chandra Joshi, Kesarbhai Vohania, Govind Nai, Jaswant Nai, Mitesh Bhatt, Pradeep Mordhiya, Radheshyam Shah, Rajubhai Soni, Ramesh Chandana and Shailesh ...

11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case surrender at Godhra sub-jail, say officials
Updated On : 22 Jan 2024 | 8:38 AM IST

Bilkis Bano case: No SC relief, convict's kin says will surrender on Sunday

A relative of one of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case said on Saturday that he will surrender on the evening of January 21, the deadline set by the Supreme Court. The apex court on Friday dismissed a plea by the convicts, sentenced to life imprisonment in the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots, seeking an extension of time to surrender. The convicts, who belong to Singvad and Randhikpur villages in Singvad taluka of Dahod, are required to surrender at Godhra sub-jail in Panchmahal district on Sunday. A relative of Shailesh Bhatt, one of the convicts, told PTI that he would surrender before the Godhra jail authorities on Sunday evening. The top court had on January 8 annulled the remission granted to the convicts by the Gujarat government in the high-profile case, slamming the state for usurpation of power. In August 15, 2022, the convicts were granted premature release after the Gujarat government accepted the

Bilkis Bano case: No SC relief, convict's kin says will surrender on Sunday
Updated On : 20 Jan 2024 | 8:32 PM IST

Bilkis Bano case convicts are under 'police watch', not missing: Official

The Supreme Court earlier in the day refused to give more time to surrender to the 11 convicts in the case of gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of 7 of her family members during the 2002 riots

Bilkis Bano case convicts are under 'police watch', not missing: Official
Updated On : 19 Jan 2024 | 10:11 PM IST

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court directs rapists to surrender by January 21

Bilkis Bano case convicts sought an extension to the surrender deadline after the Supreme Court quashed remission granted by the Gujarat government

Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court directs rapists to surrender by January 21
Updated On : 19 Jan 2024 | 1:55 PM IST

Bilkis Bano case eyewitness calls for stricter punishment for convicts

The only eyewitness in the Bilkis Bano case has said that the individuals convicted for the gruesome crime must be hanged or jailed for the remainder of their lives and only then would justice be served. The eyewitness was seven when a mob attacked his cousin Bilkis Bano and other members of the minority community in Limkheda taluka of Gujarat's Dahod district and killed 14 of them during riots that erupted in 2002 after the Godhra train burning incident. He is now 28 years old and lives in Ahmedabad with his wife and 5-year-old son. I had endured the trauma of watching my loved ones being killed in front of my eyes. I still wake up in the night and scream as those moments haunt me even after all these years, he said. On January 8 this year, the Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat government's decision, taken in August 2022, to prematurely release 11 convicts facing life term for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of 14 persons. I felt very hurt when they were set free. I a

Bilkis Bano case eyewitness calls for stricter punishment for convicts
Updated On : 12 Jan 2024 | 9:27 AM IST

No information about surrender of convicts in Bilkis Bano case: Official

A senior police official in Dahod has said they have not yet received any information about the surrender of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case after the Supreme Court quashed the Gujarat government's decision to grant them remission. A police force remains deployed in the area where the convicts live to maintain peace, he said. The convicts, however, are "not incommunicado" and some of them are visiting relatives, Dahod Superintendent of Police Balram Meena said on Tuesday. Bilkis Bano, then 21 years old and five months pregnant, was raped while fleeing after communal riots broke out in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning incident in 2002. Her three-year-old daughter and six other family members were killed. The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the remission granted to the 11 convicts while slamming the Gujarat government for abusing its discretion. It ordered all the convicts, who were released prematurely on Independence Day in 2022, back to jail within two ...

No information about surrender of convicts in Bilkis Bano case: Official
Updated On : 10 Jan 2024 | 9:01 AM IST

Hope to get justice in other cases: AIUDF after Bilkis Bano case verdict

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan quashed the Gujarat government's remission order by which convicts were released pre-maturely

Hope to get justice in other cases: AIUDF after Bilkis Bano case verdict
Updated On : 10 Jan 2024 | 7:00 AM IST

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LIVE: PM Modi lands in Ahmedabad to take part in Vibrant Gujarat Summit
Updated On : 08 Jan 2024 | 11:39 PM IST

This is what justice feels like: Bilkis Bano after SC verdict on remission

This is what justice feels like, Bilkis Bano said after the Supreme Court on Monday quashed the remission granted to 11 men convicted of raping her and murdering seven members of her family during the 2002 riots in Gujarat. While quashing the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission, the apex court also said the state government's order was "stereotyped" and passed without application of mind. In a statement issued through her lawyer Shobha Gupta, Bano thanked the top court for the verdict and said "today is truly the New Year for me". "I have wept tears of relief. I have smiled for the first time in over a year and half. I have hugged my children. It feels like a stone the size of a mountain has been lifted from my chest, and I can breathe again," Bano said. "This is what justice feels like. I thank the honourable Supreme Court of India for giving me, my children and women everywhere this vindication and hope in the promise of equal justice for all," Bano said. Accusing t

This is what justice feels like: Bilkis Bano after SC verdict on remission
Updated On : 08 Jan 2024 | 11:04 PM IST

Bilkis Bano case verdict: SC quashes order, 11 convicts to return to jail

The court held that a 'complicit' Gujarat government abused its power. It ordered that the men be sent back to jail within two weeks

Bilkis Bano case verdict: SC quashes order, 11 convicts to return to jail
Updated On : 08 Jan 2024 | 10:30 PM IST

Bilkis Bano case verdict: Rahul Gandhi says BJP 'patron of criminals'

'Bilkis Bano's tireless struggle is a symbol of the victory of justice against the arrogant BJP government,' said Rahul Gandhi on Monday

Bilkis Bano case verdict: Rahul Gandhi says BJP 'patron of criminals'
Updated On : 08 Jan 2024 | 6:18 PM IST