Bilkis Bano Case-Remission To Convicts- Supreme Court Hearing LIVE UPDATES

Sibal : I will make them parties.

CJI dictates order : Petitioner directed to make the convicts parties. Issue notice. List after two weeks.

CJI : Let notice be issued.

Counsel for convicts say they are not made party.

CJI : Mr.Sibal why have you not made them parties?

Sibal : We are challenging state action.

CJI : But they are affected.

Justice Rastogi : Day in and day out remission is granted to convicts of life sentence, what is the exception.

CJI Ramana : That's all we directed, to consider.

CJI Ramana to Gujarat Govt counsel : You file your reply.

Guj counsel : Writ is not maintainable. They are strangers.

CJI Ramana : I am not a party to the judgment. I read somewhere Court has granted permission for remission. No, Court said only to consider.

Justice Rastogi : We are only concerned if remission was in the parameters of law.

Justice Rastogi : Merely because the act was horrifc, is that sufficient to say remission is wrong?

Sibal : 14 people killed. Pregnant women gangraped. A child of 3 years killed smashed to groud.

Justice Rastogi : Whatever they have committed, they have been convicted. The question is whether they are justified in considering remission.

Sibal : In the night of Feb 28, her cousin delivered a baby girl. On Mar 3, 2002, they were proceeding to a village. A group started shouting "Musalmano ko maaro"..they had lathis and sickles..

CJI : These are all facts of the case..

Sibal : In the night of Feb 28, her cousin delivered a baby girl. On Mar 3, 2002, they were proceeding to a village. A group started shouting "Musalmano ko maaro"..they had lathis and sickles..

CJI : These are all facts of the case.

Kapil Sibal arguing for petitioners : Refer page () of petition..large number of persons lost lives in riots in village..there were exodus of Muslims..prosecutrix and her family members fled from village to village..