Bilkis Bano case News
The Supreme Court refused to overturn its January 8 judgment which included critical observations against the state.
The state government's petition, filed on Tuesday, demands the removal of adverse comments directed at its conduct concerning the premature release of 11 convicts involved in the Bilkis Bano case. These remarks, it contends, have unfairly tainted its reputation.
The top court has set a firm deadline for the 11 convicts involved in the Bilkis Bano case, requiring them to surrender before jail authorities by January 21.
After the Supreme Court's verdict, the convicts in the Bilkis Bano case still have some legal options to explore. They can file a review petition in the Supreme Court within 30 days, challenging the decision.
Several political leaders including TMC leader Mahua Moitra have filed a PIL against the premature release of the convicts.
Bilkis Bano Case: The apex court has questioned the selective pre-mature release policy of the Gujarat government in connection with the release of all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.
The Supreme Court had asked the Gujarat government whether uniform standards, as followed in other cases of murder, were applied while granting remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.
11 men convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case walked out of Godhra jail last year after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy.
Bano had also filed a review petition seeking a review of its earlier order by which it had asked the Gujarat government to consider the plea for the remission of one of the convicts.
Supreme Court rejected Bilkis Bano's review plea today
The gang rape survivor had sought a review of the top court's May 13 order on a plea moved by one of the convicts
All 11 convicts were granted remission by the Gujarat government and released on August 15.
Bilkis Bano was a 21-year-old pregnant woman who was gang-raped while fleeing the 2002 Gujarat riots
In January 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 11 men to life imprisonment for their involvement in the attack
However, on August 15, these 11 men were released from the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government applied its remission policy
BJP sweeps central Gujarat, While the premature release of the 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case became a campaign issue
Godhra riot rape victim Bilkis Bano on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court against the premature release of 11 men who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Public anger over the release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case is growing
Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five-month pregnant when she was gang-raped
Her three-year-old daughter was killed
Rahul Gandhi once again attacked PM Narendra Modi on Twitter.
Rahul Gandhi is currently busy in the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Ruckus over the release of the convicts of Bilkis... see what Owaisi said. BJP | Asaduddin Owaisi AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the BJP's policy is to stand with the rapists... be it in Gujarat or Kathua... where the caste of some people can secure their release from jail irrespective of the heinous nature of their crime...
A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna was hearing the plea
It granted two weeks to the Gujarat govt to produce all relevant records
The Gujarat govt released the 11 convicts, sentenced to life imprisonment, on August 15
The convicts were released by the Gujarat government on Independence Day
"We write to you because we are deeply distressed by this decision": ex-bureaucrats
"The story of Bilkis Bano is a story of immense courage and persistence": ex-bureaucrats
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