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Saturday, January 3, 2026
Topic2002 Gujarat riots

Topic: 2002 Gujarat riots

Why Supreme Court faulted its own ‘strange’ 2022 order as it sent Bilkis Bano convicts back to jail

A two-judge SC bench led by Justice B.V. Nagarathna Monday quashed the Gujarat government’s August 2022 order allowing premature release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case.

‘Rule of law must prevail’ — why SC sent 11 convicts released early in Bilkis Bano case back to jail

Bench led by Justice BV Nagarathna quashes Gujarat govt's decision to allow remission of life imprisonment of convicts, rules state govt lacked jurisdiction to grant premature release.

SC quashes Gujarat govt’s remission order for convicts in Bilkis Bano case — ‘abuse of discretion’

SC bench said Gujarat govt lacked jurisdiction to grant premature release to the convicts since trial had been transferred to Maharashtra, fixed 2-week deadline for them to surrender before jail.

Can third parties challenge release of convicts in Bilkis Bano case? SC hears arguments

Petitioners who have challenged remission include CPI (M) leader Subhashini Ali & TMC MP Mahua Moitra. Convicts’ lawyers say third-party interference can’t be allowed in ‘criminal matters’.

SC grants bail to Teesta Setalvad, reverses Gujarat HC’s ‘perverse, contradictory’ order

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad who is facing charges of falsifying evidence in a 2002 post-Godhra...

Supreme Court safeguards Teesta Setalvad from arrest, stays Gujarat HC order for a week

New Delhi: The Supreme Court late Saturday night protected social activist Teesta Setalvad from arrest and stayed for a week the Gujarat High Court...

CJI to review Teesta Setalvad’s case after two SC judges differ on granting interim protection

Setalvad was arrested by the Gujarat Police on 25 June, 2022, on charges of conspiring to falsely implicate innocent people in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots.

‘No direct evidence’ against accused — why Gujarat court acquitted 35 in 20-yr-old Godhra riots case

Gujarat sessions court found lapses in police probe & witness statements, said prominent Hindu persons were ‘unnecessarily implicated’ & arrests made due to ‘uproar of pseudo-secular media’.

Witness saw them as ‘saviours’, not rioters’ — why Mumbai court acquitted 2 in 2002 Best Bakery case

The court said the prosecution failed to prove that the two accused were part of the mob that 'attacked and killed' 14 people in Vadodara’s Best Bakery during 2002 Gujarat riots.

Two Accused in Best Bakery Case during Gujarat Riots of 2002 Acquitted by Mumbai Sessions Court

A mob had attacked Vadodara's Best Bakery during the riots that took place in 2002. A complaint was lodged by the bakery owner’s daughter, Zaheera Sheikh, against 21 people.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.