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Gujarat to SC: Review Bilkis order, remarks on state are unwarranted
February 14, 2024 12:07 pm
The plea said that the Supreme Court holding the state of Gujarat guilty of “usurpation of power” and “abuse of discretion” in its order “is an error apparent on the face of the record”.
In-law dead, Bilkis Bano case convict out on parole a fortnight after surrender
February 09, 2024 7:13 am
The court of Justice M R Mengdey on February 5 allowed Modhiya parole from February 7 to 11. In his plea, moved on January 31, Modhiya had sought 30-day parole due to his father-in-law’s death.
Express View on Bilkis Bano verdict: Doing the right thing
January 09, 2024 11:08 pm
Apex court upholds primacy of due process -- and is a message for all those whose job it is to uphold it
SC verdict on pleas against remission to Bilkis convicts tomorrow
January 08, 2024 11:28 am
Petitions were filed in the SC challenging the decision, including by CPM leader Subhashini Ali, Prof Rooplekha Verma, journalist Revati Laul and then TMC MP Mahua Moitra.
Bilkis Bano case: Law is supposed to be a noble profession, says SC on convict practising law
August 25, 2023 7:15 am
“Law is supposed to be a noble profession,” said Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who is part of a two-judge Bench hearing petitions challenging the premature release of the 11 convicts in the case, and asked if a convict can practise law.
Accused has constitutional right to be reintegrated into society: SC on remission for Bilkis Bano case convicts
August 11, 2023 1:00 am
Justice B V Nagarathna, presiding over a two-judge bench, made the remarks as a counsel appearing for one of the public interest litigation (PIL) petitioners contended that there can be no fundamental right to remission.
Third parties can’t have say in deciding sentence a convict has to undergo: Gujarat govt to SC
August 10, 2023 2:48 am
In the former, what was challenged was the conviction and sentence while what is under challenge in the present matter is the administrative order of remission, Justice Nagarathna said.
In good faith: Why remission of sentences of Anand Mohan Singh and Bilkis Bano convicts is ethically wrong
May 11, 2023 12:20 pm
The blatant misuse of the Constitution's humanitarian remission provision in recent times subverts the intentions of our founding fathers. The two recent acts of clemency have benefited convicts who have hurt the marginalised
Bilkis Bano case | Does Gujarat have uniform policy: SC on release of convicts
March 28, 2023 3:55 am
Bilkis was gangraped and her three-year-old daughter was among 14 people killed by a mob on March 3, 2002, in Limkheda taluka of Dahod district, during the Gujarat riots. Bilkis was pregnant at the time.
Bilkis case convict on stage with BJP MP, MLA brother at Gujarat govt event
March 27, 2023 4:08 pm
The convict, 63-year-old Shailesh Bhatt, said that he was attending a public event even as the MP remained silent and the MLA said that he was so busy that he did not see who else was sitting on the dais.
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