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

Rohatgi: Kindly have Vol 4 of the Protest Petition. Your lordship will find it starts at 276 till 293. All this is about A1 (CM).

The Bench presided.

Mr. Rohatgi resumes his arguments. 

Rohatgi: The allegation of handing over of bodied to Jaydeep Patel is contrary to finding of SIT and Nanavati Commission.

Bench: We’ll continue after lunch. 

Rohatgi: I am amazed at the phrases being used. The allegation is SIT had ignored calls and their criminal intention. So, should I (SIT) ask Zardafia, what did you speak to this person at this time.

Rohatgi: Now, the handing over of bodies. We examined Mamlatdar, VHP and the police officers.

Rohatgi: Allegation was that this hasty post mortem point towards a larger conspiracy.

Rohatgi: The allegation was why was it (post mortem on railway tracks) done? Is it the remit of SIT to see why the post mortem was done on the tracks. This was a decision taken on spot (by administration).

Rohatgi: Kindly turn to 235. This is about post mortem. See milords, 235 heading post mortem. With respect what stories are being made up. 

Rohatgi: A large number of those cases relate to hate speech. It is only to show that a large no. of 2000 cases were hate speech cases and they are now being persued by the State in courts in Gujarat. It’s not that hate speech was not looked into.

Rohatgi: [Refers to a chart] - out of 2000 cases a summary. J. Ruma Pal directed reexamining of those cases. So they were reexmained.