Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement On Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES

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8 Jan 2024 10:05 AM IST

  • Bilkis Banu Case-Supreme Court Judgement  On  Petitions Against Remission Of 11 Convicts-LIVE UPDATES

    Supreme Court bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna will pronounce the judgement TODAY on petitions challenging the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. These convicts were allowed to walk free in August 2022, on Independence Day, sparking widespread controversy...

    Supreme Court bench headed by Justice BV Nagarathna  will  pronounce the judgement TODAY on  petitions challenging the remission of 11 convicts sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and gang rapes, including that of Bilkis Bano, during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. These convicts were allowed to walk free in August 2022, on Independence Day, sparking widespread controversy and leading to constitutional challenges before the top court.

    After an 11-day-long hearing that began in August, a division bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan reserved its judgment on October 12. Besides this, the court also directed the Gujarat and union governments to submit original records available with them.

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    • 8 Jan 2024 11:20 AM IST

      Supreme Court : Should rule of law prevail over personal liberty? Only when rule of law prevails with liberty, including the right to equality...whether liberty has any meaning in the absence of rule of law or same being turned a blind eye...

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:19 AM IST

      Supreme Court : Primary question, when is the liberty of a person protected? In our view, as per Article 21, person is entitled to liberty only in accordance with law.

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:19 AM IST

      Supreme Court : It was contended that since rule of law was violated, justice can be done only be sending them back to prison. Respondents opposed saying they be not subjected to imprisonment again..

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:18 AM IST

      Supreme Court : Since we have quashed the remission orders, what follows?. In our view, personal liberty is important. But this is a case where 11 convicts are granted liberty on a remission order which has been quashed. So should they be sent back to prison? This is a delicate question.

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:17 AM IST

      Supreme Court : Since 10.08.2022, the convicts are the beneficiaries of an invalid order.

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:15 AM IST

      #BREAKING #SupremeCourt strikes down the remission granted to eleven convicts in the #BilkisBano case on the ground that Gujarat Government had no competence to grant remission.

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:14 AM IST

      Justice Nagarthna : The exercise of power by the State of Gujarat is an instance of usurpation of power and abuse of power. This is a classic case where the order of this court was used to violate the rule of law by granting remission.

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:13 AM IST

      Justice Nagarathna : State of Gujarat acted in complicit with the convicts...it was this very apprehension which led this Court to transfer the trial out of the State..

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:11 AM IST

      Justice Nagarathna : It was the State of Maharashtra which was the appropriate Govt to consider the remission.

      #SupremeCourt #BilkisBano

    • 8 Jan 2024 11:11 AM IST

      Justice Nagarathna : Gujarat Govt usurped the powers of Maharashtra Govt acting in furtherance of the judgment dated May 13, 2022, which in our opinion is a nullity.

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