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 12:27 PM IST

      Bench [in lighter vein]: You have used some technology.

      Bench:This particular item 2 Mystery of fire. This is reproduction from the tribunal.

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:27 PM IST

      Rohatgi reads the Allegations from the Protest Petition.

      Bench [in lighter vein]: Why is two points mystery of fire points. You have kept it blank.

      Rohatgi [in lighter vein]: Nothing sinister about it, it is a mistake.

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:23 PM IST

      Bench (in lighter vein): Now, don’t count our days and time.

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:22 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Day to day trial, everyone was heard. The judgment can by no stretch of imagination be said to be non application or perverse. HC spent months and delivered their judgment.

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:22 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Protest was heard 15.04.2013 to 26.12.2013 in a day to day basis. Reserved in Oct, 2013, judgment on 26.12.2013.

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:21 PM IST

      Rohatgi: Placing trust, the additional burden of tears of a widow was put on SIT, that you can do better job in Gulberg.

      Bench: Any empirical data on how many hours/days have been spent by SIT to investigate.

      Rohatgi: I’ll check, your lordships.

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:20 PM IST

      Bench: 01.05.2009. is when you were commended. In 12.09.2011 is commending you by placing trust.

      Rohatgi: I did not think it that way.Thank you, lordship.

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:20 PM IST

      Rohatgi: This was my comment on treating the protest as complaint. Starting from the guiding polestar, i.e. order 12.09.2011, where have we been taken now.

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:13 PM IST

      Rohatgi: [Agrees] The protest petition is now 1200 pages. He says now treat this as the complaint. When Gujarat HC said go and file FIR, she could have gone. Now, to keep this as pot boiling also shows sinister side. 

    • 1 Dec 2021 12:12 PM IST

      Bench: NHRC did not give finding that it was state sponsored.

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