Bilkis Bano, the survivor of a brutal crime during the 2002 Gujarat riots, expressed profound relief and gratitude after the Supreme Court of India ruled that 11 convicts, responsible for killing her family and subjecting her to gang rape, must return to jail. The convicts had been released last year for “good behavior,” a decision … Read more
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Bela M Trivedi today recused herself from hearing pleas challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi ordered that matter be listed before the bench … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has rejected a plea filed by Bilkis Bano, seeking a review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the petitions for remission of sentences of 11 convicts in the gang-rape case. Bilkis Bano was gang-raped and seven members of her family were killed … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would consider early “listing by circulation” a plea seeking review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the plea for the remission of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case. A bench comprising Chief Justice D … Read more
New Delhi: Bilkis Bano has approached the Supreme Court challenging the release of 11 men convicted of gang-raping her and killing her family in the 2002 Gujarat riots. The convicts were freed on August 15, Independence Day, by the Gujarat government under a past remission policy. The move sparked massive nationwide outrage, especially when images … Read more