SC will hear on 29 November the petition challenging remission of sentence of 11 men who gang-raped Bano and killed 7 members of her family during 2002 Gujarat riots.
His reaction came after the Gujarat government told the SC that it obtained 'suitable orders' from the Centre for granting remission to the convicts in the 2002 gang-rape case.
The Gujarat govt also called the petition filed against the granting of remission to the convicts 'abuse of PIL jurisdiction', in an over-400-page affidavit submitted in the apex court Monday.
Ilmi wrote it is 'important to distinguish between' Gujarat government and PMO, adding that it was the VHP which felicitated the convicts and not the BJP.
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'.
BJP veteran & former Union minister questions how Gujarat government released the rape and murder convicts, and says he'll speak to PM Modi to seek his intervention.
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