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Justice denied, justice delivered: Nithari accused Koli's long walk to freedom

November 22, 2025 8:25 am

This was a basket case to begin with. He was branded the 'Nithari cannibal', the man who allegedly lured children to their death at his employer’s house in Noida. Two decades and 13 death sentences later, Surender Koli is a free man

Nithari killings case: In this Dec. 22, 2010 file photo, Police take Surinder Koli to jail from a special CBI court in Ghaziabad after he was sentenced to death in the Nithari killings case. (Photo: PTI)

Nithari killings, Surendra Koli and the remedy of curative petitions

November 15, 2025 11:17 am

This week, the Supreme Court acquitted Surendra Koli in one of the several cases connected to the Nithari killings. The acquittal came on the back of a ‘curative petition’ – an extraordinary legal remedy available to correct violation of natural justice.

Nithari killings Koli walks out of jail, Nithari case

Surendra Koli’s acquittal and the lessons of Nithari: Haste and public pressure cannot offer justice

November 17, 2025 9:52 am

The Nithari case will remain a study in the danger of certainty. It reminds us that justice requires patience, doubt, and courage

Sentenced to death in Nithari killings, why Surendra Koli walked free after 20 years

November 13, 2025 12:48 pm

Nithari killings case, Supreme Court verdict Surendra Koli: This week, the Supreme Court acquitted Surendra Koli in the Nithari killings two decades after he was first arrested in the case. Here’s how the case unravelled.

SC sets aside Surendra Koli’s conviction in final Nithari case: A look at two contrasting rulings by the Allahabad HC

November 12, 2025 10:49 am

The killings came to light in December 2006, when the skeletal remains of eight children had been discovered behind businessman Moninder Singh Pandher’s house

Nithari killings: Supreme Court acquits Surendra Koli, orders his release

November 12, 2025 2:24 am

The Nithari killings came to light with the discovery of skeletal remains of eight children from a drain behind businessman Moninder Singh Pandher's house in Noida on December 29, 2006.

In 2006, a drain behind the house in Noida’s Sector 31 revealed a horrific sight — human skulls, skeletal remains, and fragments of clothes of 19 missing girls were found stuffed in gunny bags.

Who killed 19 girls in Nithari? With SC rejecting appeals, there are no answers — and no closure

July 31, 2025 8:35 pm

On Wednesday, the apex court dismissed 14 appeals by the CBI and families of victims challenging the acquittal of the accused — businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help, Surinder Koli. It was in a drain behind Pandher’s house that human skulls, skeletal remains, and fragments of clothes of 19 missing girls were found stuffed in gunny bags in 2006.