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Newsmaker | Maya Kodnani cleared in second 2002 Gujarat riots case, BJP says no bar on return to politics

April 21, 2023 7:28 am

Maya Kodnani gets acquittal in Naroda Gam case that left 11 dead; earlier, was cleared by HC in Naroda Patiya case where she had been given life by a trial court, dubbed “kingpin”

All acquitted in 2002 Naroda Gam massacre: Brief history of the case

April 21, 2023 7:49 am

In March 2017, Maya Kodnani had sought the examination of 14 more witnesses in her defence, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was then the national president of the BJP. Shah appeared before the designated court on September 18, 2017.

Maya Kodnani bail condition relaxed; can go out of Gujarat

January 09, 2020 2:53 am

The order, issued on January 6, is the third modification in her bail conditions.

Naroda Gam riots: Kodnani can travel out of Gujarat for another 6 months

July 09, 2019 3:16 am

Kodnani’s bail order dated May 19, 2009, restrained her from leaving Gujarat without the prior permission of the court. Kodnani sought to modify/relax this condition for six months.

Maya Kodnani attends BJP event, her first public appearance since acquittal

December 22, 2018 5:55 pm

Kodnani was arretsed in 2009 in the Naroda Patiya case while she was still the minister of women and child welfare in the erstwhile Narendra Modi government in Gujarat.

Today, sangh (outfit) is god, will save dharma: Kodnani

October 01, 2018 12:15 am

Maya Kodnani was acquitted by the Gujarat High Court in April this year in the Naroda Patiya massacre case in which she was found guilty by the trial court and was sentenced to life imprisonment along with 31 others.

Naroda Gam massacre: High Court disposes of accused’s plea seeking arraignment of 80 eyewitnesses

September 26, 2018 8:27 am

High Court, however, kept open rights of petitioners to argue their case before trial court during final arguments

Day after acquittal: Witnesses tutored, was confident would not be convicted, says Maya Kodnani

April 22, 2018 2:17 am

Former BJP minister Maya Kodnani on Saturday said that she could not imagine that she would be convicted by the trial court in the Naroda Patiya massacre of 2002, as the witnesses were “tutored”.

Naroda Patiya case: Trial court presumed Maya Kodnani’s guilt, sought reasons to support its belief, says HC

April 22, 2018 2:18 am

The High Court has held that Kodnani’s conviction was based on “inferences, conjectures and surmises, and not on substantive evidence led by the witnesses”.

BJP plans to bring Maya Kodnani back to active politics

April 21, 2018 8:03 am

A three-time MLA from Naroda constituency, Kodnani became Minister of State for Women and Child Development in 2007 but had to resign after the Supreme Court-appointed SIT summoned her in 2009.

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