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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicBilkis Bano

Topic: Bilkis Bano

Mohanlal fans are feeling betrayed by ‘Empuraan’. ‘He has backstabbed Modi’

The movie shows a Muslim-majority village being attacked by a Hindu mob, and a pregnant Muslim woman being raped by a Hindu man. This seems to be a reference to the Bilkis Bano case.

Karnataka Congress gen secy calls out party for nominating only 1 woman as MLC

Besides Bilkis Bano, Congress MLC nominees include NS Boseraju, K Govindaraj, Vasant Kumar, Ivan D'Souza and Jagdev Guttedar. BJP has nominated CT Ravi, N. Ravi Kumar and MG Mule.

Bilkis Bano case convict Ramesh Chandana gets 10-day parole to attend nephew’s wedding

As per the Gujarat government's affidavit before the Supreme Court, Chandana had enjoyed parole for 1,198 days and a furlough of 378 days since his incarceration in 2008.

‘My heart beats for women’s issues’. Bilkis Bano’s lawyer Shobha Gupta is a woman on a mission

Gupta is one of 11 women lawyers designated senior advocates by SC earlier this year. Losing her father at an early age was a defining factor in the kind of lawyer has become.

Roop Rekha Verma, 80-yr-old prof championing Bilkis, communal harmony on streets & in court

Lucknow’s Roop Rekha Verma defies labels. She advocates for communal and gender justice, but avoids left-liberal jargon and terms like ‘feminist’ to drive change.

Bilkis Bano case convicts surrender at Godhra jail after nearing deadline

The Supreme Court had a couple of days ago rejected the pleas of the convicts for an extension of time to surrender and instructed them to do so by Sunday.

‘No merit’ — Supreme Court dismisses plea by Bilkis Bano convicts for more time to surrender

On 8 January, the top court quashed the remission granted to 11 convicts by the Gujarat government, ruling the state lacked jurisdiction to allow them premature release.

Bilkis Bano rape convicts not missing, in ‘deep introspection’, say families

The celebratory mood in Gujarat's villages over the release of 11 rapists has turned somber with the Supreme Court verdict. For the Muslim families, the fear of reprisal has returned.

BJP using Ram temple event to manipulate Hindu sentiments, unnerve Opposition, says Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.