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 Maheswari and CT Ravikumar will hear the matter today.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal will continue his arguments today on behalf of Zakia...
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2021-12-08 05:14:46
8 Dec 2021 4:07 PM IST
Sibal: So, Milords, now he (Rayiz) is appearing in all cases against us. I just wanted to show his conduct. He is their stock witness in all cases.
Rohatgi: I would want to respond to the note (Mr. Sibal’s note).
Bench: We will continue tomorrow, then.
8 Dec 2021 4:06 PM IST
Sibal: I wanted to point out about Rayiz Khan. Kindly come to the table in 109. This Rayiz Khan was in our employment, we got protection for Rayiz Khan from this Court. Then his services were terminated.
8 Dec 2021 4:06 PM IST
Sibal: Tutoring witness is not the same as guiding a witness. The injured witnesses were in such a state of mind that they needed (guidance).
8 Dec 2021 4:02 PM IST
Bench: SIT did not comment on the Petitioner.
Sibal: He did briefly comment and then allowed the State to do that.
8 Dec 2021 4:01 PM IST
Sibal: She (Teesta) is not seeking any personal relief. She was doing it openly, not secretly.
8 Dec 2021 3:56 PM IST
Sibal: If the victims feel that the State has not been fair to them what is wrong with that. This means every victim who act against the state would be characterised in this fashion. What is the sinister agenda? I was working with NHRC.
8 Dec 2021 3:56 PM IST
Sibal: Is it illegal to help a widow, who has no recourse to justice? In fact S. 39 of the CrPC makes it a duty. S 302,303,304. It is duty to give these information to Court under S. 39.
8 Dec 2021 3:50 PM IST
Bench: We made it clear that all those facts [in Guj HC judgment] were not relevant in this case.
8 Dec 2021 3:47 PM IST
Mr. Sibal reads from his note that the challenge to the locus of petitioner no. 2 is based on unsubstantiated allegations in a judgment of Guj HC.
8 Dec 2021 3:47 PM IST
Bench: We made it clear when he was arguing, that we will not give opinion on other proceedings. We will not record finding on those proceedings.
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