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

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1 Dec 2021 10:42 AM IST

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

    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. A Bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar will take up the part-heard matter for further hearing. Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi for SIT will continue...

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    • 1 Dec 2021 3:32 PM IST

      Bench: We are not getting what you are trying to portray.

      Rohatgi: I was reading the TC judgment which accepts the SIT findings. Every issue now raised had been raised and thoroughly argued and TC gave findings considering all material on record.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:32 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Judge records finding agreeing with SIT.

      Rohatgi: Now, ministers in control room. [TC says]No material to show presence of minister.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:23 PM IST

      Now, Mr. Rohatgi refers to the conclusion of Trial Court with respect to parading of bodies.

      Rohatgi: Your lordship may note that this is translation by the Petitioner. There are huge numbers of grammatical mistakes.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:22 PM IST

      Bench: Firing because of gathering or gathering because of firing, it goes all together. We will not base our analysis on the basis of the TC or HC findings.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:22 PM IST

      Rohatgi: The Court finds that no real evidence of violence before 1:30, except some stone pelting to enforce bandh.

      Rohatgi: [TC finding]There was firing by Jafri, 8 rounds were fired, injured people in crowd, the crown became infuriated and ...

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:21 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Eye witnesses, complainant, Rahul, state govt is available. If anything else was required that could have been summoned.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:21 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Kindly see Khetan’s testimony was there. It says pre-plan conspiracy. It was dicarded. There were some material on conspiracy.

      Bench: All this material was there. Khetan’s evidence is also there, you say.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:20 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Some material was there.

      Bench: On larger conspiracy there was no material before the court.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:20 PM IST

      Rohatgi: There was no riots before 1:30pm. This is the finding. He is saying what happened post 1:30.

      Bench: Admittedly the material now presented with the protest petition was not before the trial court. So there was no occasion for trial court to go into it.

    • 1 Dec 2021 3:19 PM IST

      Mr. Rohatgi reading from the TC judgment, there was no evidence to establish conspiracy, the Tehelka tapes were considered to be unreliable to establish conspiracy.

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