[LIVE UPDATES] Gujarat Riots Case In SC : 'SIT Did No Investigation' , Sibal Argues Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi

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10 Nov 2021 5:45 AM GMT

  • [LIVE UPDATES] Gujarat Riots Case In SC : SIT Did No Investigation , Sibal Argues  Zakia Jafris Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi

    The Supreme Court has commenced the final hearing on a petition by Zakia Ahsan Jafri's plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat riots of 2002.A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal arguing for...

    The Supreme Court has commenced the final hearing on a petition by Zakia Ahsan Jafri's plea challenging the SIT report giving clean chit to the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other high functionaries in the Gujarat riots of 2002.

    A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar is hearing the matter.

    Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal arguing for the petitioner

    Zakia Jarfi, widow of Congress MLA Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the Gulberg Housing Society massacre during the 2002 Gujarat Riots, has approached the Supreme Court through a special leave petition challenging the SIT report which ruled out any "larger conspiracy" by high state functionaries in instigating the communal riots following the Godhra massacre.

    Today is the third day of hearing. For the reports about previous hearings, refer here and here.

    Stay on this page for Live Updates from the hearing :

    Live Updates

    • 10 Nov 2021 9:21 AM GMT


      Sibal : We say that the conspiracy was hatched by Acharya Giriraj Kishore of VHP, who was escorted by police to Sola Civil Hospital. Can your lordships imagine? A VHP functionary being escorted by police!


    • 10 Nov 2021 9:18 AM GMT


      Sibal : Article 21 says you have to protect people by procedure by law. If you violate that, you are an accused. The SIT has to explain why they did not do any of these things. The only recourse to us was the protest petition.


    • 10 Nov 2021 9:17 AM GMT


      Sibal : Was the SIT trying to protect the accused?. It was set up by your lordships. It had to gather evidence, record statements, and then come to a prima facie conclusion.


    • 10 Nov 2021 9:15 AM GMT


      Sibal : PC Pandey ought to have been summoned and examined. What was the SIT doing?


    • 10 Nov 2021 9:13 AM GMT


      Sibal : At 3 in the morning about 3000 RSS workers had gathered..who gave messages to these RSS workers? If you investigate the call records, you can find out.




    • 10 Nov 2021 9:10 AM GMT


      Sibal : . Then, preparation of violence after Godhra. What speeches were made, who made speeches - had to be investigated. I have a seperate volume which tells what these speeches were.


    • 10 Nov 2021 9:09 AM GMT


      Sibal : Can you ever imagine Mamlatdar take this decision to give bodies to VHP when a national tragedy has happened? Impossible!


    • 10 Nov 2021 9:02 AM GMT


      Sibal : You catch hold of a Mamlatdar, a low level officer and initiate enquiry against him, to reach nowhere!


    • 10 Nov 2021 9:01 AM GMT


      Sibal says there are statements of the DGP Chakravarthi to the effect that the decision to hand over the bodies was taken by the government. Now there is an attempt to say that the decision was taken by mamlatdar. Can a mamlatdar decide to give bodies to VHP?


    • 10 Nov 2021 8:57 AM GMT


      Sibal : The citizen's tribunal of Justice VR Krishna Iyer and PB Sawant took note of these aspects.


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