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Supreme Court gives time to Gujarat govt in Bilkis Bano case

The bench granted six weeks time as additional solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, appearing for Gujarat, sought time to...

25 Nov 2017 12:22 AM IST

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Bilkis Bano case: SC asks Gujarat govt to act against IPS officer

Besides, Bano in a plea before the top court sought exemplary compensation from the state government, refusing to accept...

30 March 2019 8:01 AM IST

Justice for Bilkis Bano

The memory of the impunity that prevailed for communal criminals in those horrific post-Godhra days is unlikely to slide...

26 April 2019 12:06 AM IST

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Bilkis Bano case: SC to hear pleas against release of 11 convicts on...

A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar directed that the reply filed by the Gujarat government be made...

18 Oct 2022 1:32 PM IST

A man offers sweets to people convicted for rape and murder in the Bilkis Bano case of the 2002 post-Godhra riots, after they came out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy, in Godhra on August 15. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | Bilkis Bano and the fault in our criminal justice...

Even the Centre's recent remission policy for release of prisoners on Independence Day excluded rape convicts from its...

28 Aug 2022 12:09 AM IST

In this Wednesday, April 24, 2019, file photo, Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 riots in the state, in New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, quashed the Gujarat governments decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the case and directed the convicts to surrender before jail authorities within two weeks. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

AA Edit | Justice for Bilkis Bano at last, some hope for India

While it is the job of the State to hunt down & punish criminals, by a quirk of fate, that job fell on the modest...

9 Jan 2024 11:20 PM IST

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Bilkis Bano case: SC quashes remission granted to 11 convicts

Accusing the Gujarat government of abusing its power, the Supreme Court said that the remission order was without ...

9 Jan 2024 2:00 AM IST