LIVE UPDATES- Gujarat Riots Case- Supreme Court Hearing On Zakia Jafri's Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi

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11 Nov 2021 5:15 AM GMT

  • LIVE UPDATES- Gujarat Riots Case- Supreme Court Hearing On Zakia Jafris Plea Against Clean Chit To Narendra Modi

    Gujarat Riots Case: Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of...

    Gujarat Riots Case: Supreme Court to continue hearing today the petition filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the SIT's clean chit to the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi & other high functionaries in the #GujaratRiots of 2002.

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    • 11 Nov 2021 9:38 AM GMT


      Sibal refers to statements of Haresh Bhat regarding distribution of trishuls to youth in Gujarat.


      "Trident(trishul) is a mentality", Sibal quotes his statement. "Very philosophical man!", Sibal adds.


    • 11 Nov 2021 9:36 AM GMT

      Sibal now refers to statements relating to Haresh Bhat, then a Bajrang Dal leader and later elected as MLA.

      Sibal refers to statements of Bhat regarding 100s of cases getting resolved with collusion of Public Prosecutors.

      Sibal says there are statements of Haresh Bhat regarding smuggling of bombs and weapons.

      "We are not on the truth of this. The points is, these had to be investigated", Sibal adds.



    • 11 Nov 2021 9:33 AM GMT


      Sibal : This Anil Patel is not investigated, never arrested. See what the closure report says about Anil Patel. No reference to this Patel, despite the transcript. This is an offence in itself. This is enough to convict the man.


    • 11 Nov 2021 9:31 AM GMT


      Sibal reads out from the judgment to state that conviction can be based on extra-judicial confession, if it is found to be reliable and voluntary.


    • 11 Nov 2021 9:30 AM GMT


      'It is settled law that extra-judicial confession, if true and voluntary, can be relied to convict the accused' - Sibal reads out from the SC precedent.


    • 11 Nov 2021 9:29 AM GMT


      Sibal says extra-judicial confessions are enough to convict a person. He refers to SC judgment reported in (2001) 2 SCC 205.


    • 11 Nov 2021 9:22 AM GMT


      Sibal to bench : "Just read it for yourself. I don't want to read it aloud".


    • 11 Nov 2021 9:21 AM GMT


      Sibal reads out certain statements of a person "I will not stop until I kill...bolt them and kill them all..loot them, finish them". Sibal then says "I don't want to read them all. These are not the kind of statements which can be read in public"


    • 11 Nov 2021 9:16 AM GMT


      Sibal mentions that the DVDs of Tehalka sting were found authentic by the CBI itself.


    • 11 Nov 2021 9:15 AM GMT


      Sibal reads out statements of Babu Bajrangi (convicted in Naroda Patya massacre) from the sting report that if the police wanted, they could have stopped it, and that they had the support of the police.


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