The top court said it has considered the matter only from the standpoint of interim bail and the Gujarat HC will decide Setalvad’s bail plea independently.
A 3-judge bench led by CJI NV Ramana observed that the question is 'whether the convicts could have been granted remission & if it was within parameters of law'.
In Ahmedabad's Naroda & Naroda Patiya — where a mob allegedly killed over 97 people during 2002 riots — Muslim families are angry about the convicts' release, but don’t want to rock the boat.
Release of 11 people convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case has triggered nationwide outrage, with political parties — with the exception of BJP & AAP — criticising the move.
Most of the 11 convicts released, returned to Gujarat's Singvad, which now wears a nonchalant, but uneasy calm. The village was also home to Bano’s family till 2002. Her uncle still lives there.
Gujarat govt’s remission of life sentence of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano gangrape case makes a mockery of everything PM Modi has been saying about protecting women’s safety.
Gujarat govt’s release of the 11 convicted in the 2002 gang rape & murder case has drawn widespread criticism, since they were not eligible for remission under the state's latest 2014 policy.
Team probing charges of 'fabrication of evidence & 'conspiracy' linked to 2002 riots against Teesta Setalvad, claimed she was working for Congress leader Ahmed Patel to malign then CM Narendra Modi.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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