Godhra Verdict

As Gujarat government allowed their release under remission policy, the 11 men walked out of Godhra prison on Monday, having served about 15 years

The Gujarat High Court, in its judgement on the 2002 Godhra carnage, has upheld the conspiracy theory but said the crime of the 11 convicts whose death sentence was commuted to rigorous life imprisonment was neither terrorism nor an act of waging war against the state.

The Gujarat High Court has decided a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals in the case of the burning of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which triggered massive communal riots across the state of Gujarat in which more than 1,000 people were killed.

The Gujarat High Court is likely to today pronounce its verdict on a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals by a Special Investigation Team court in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case.

A special court in Ahmedabad today wrapped up the 15-year-old trial of 2002 Gulberg Society massacre in the city but no date has been set for the verdict.

A special trial court in Himmatnagar in north Gujarat is likely to deliver its verdict today on the killing of four persons, including three British nationals, during the 2002 riots in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning.

A trial court in Ahmedabad will deliver its verdict today on the petition filed by Gujarat riot victim Zakia Jafri seeking a copy of the final report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre. The court will also deliver its order on whether the SIT had filed its latest report in compliance with a Suprem...

The Gujarat High Court is expected to deliver order on a petition seeking a direction to the Nanavati Commission to call Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

As the special court pronounced the sentence in Ahmedabad, two-and-a-half hours away in Ground Zero Godhra, communally-sensitive areas witnessed a predictable shutdown.NDTV visited this town to get the first hand feel of the ground situation nine years after the Godhra tragedy provoked communal riots across Gujarat in which 1,200 people were killed...

Eleven people have been sentenced to death for their role in setting a compartment of the Sabarmati Express on fire in February, 2002. Another 20 people have been sentenced to life in prison.Fifty nine passengers died in the attack at the Godhra train station near Ahmedabad. Bogey S-6 was packed with kar sevaks returning from a trip to Ayodhya. The...

A special court in Ahmedabad announced the quantum of sentence in the Godhra train burning case today.Eleven of the 31convicted were given death sentences. 20 people got life-terms. Last Tuesday, the court had pronounced the judgment on the role of over 90 people accused of conspiring and burning the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express on February 2...

A special court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver today the quantum of punishment against the 31 convicted for their role in the Godhra train burning case.The court had, on Tuesday, upheld conspiracy charges against them under Section 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and acquitted 63, including the key accused, Maulvi Umarji. (Read: Key acc...

After nine years spent in jail, 49 men were freed on Tuesday. They left the Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad in a bus to return to families who had given up hope of ever receiving justice.Earlier today, 63 people were acquitted and 31 convicted for their role in 2002, when a compartment of the Sabarmati Express was set on fire at the Godhra train statio...

Among the 63 people acquitted in the Godhra verdict today is Maulvi Umarji.He was one of the key accused in the attack on the Sabarmati Express in February 2002 when 59 people died after a mob set a coach of the train on fire at the Godhra station near Ahmedabad. The compartment was packed with kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya.  A team...

A special court in Ahmedabad has given verdict in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, convicting 31 people under Section 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and acquitting 63, including the key accused, Maulvi Umarji. Quantum of sentence will be announced on February 25. (Read: Key accused Maulvi Umarji acquitted)The court pronounced judgment on...

As Gujarat government allowed their release under remission policy, the 11 men walked out of Godhra prison on Monday, having served about 15 years

The Gujarat High Court, in its judgement on the 2002 Godhra carnage, has upheld the conspiracy theory but said the crime of the 11 convicts whose death sentence was commuted to rigorous life imprisonment was neither terrorism nor an act of waging war against the state.

The Gujarat High Court has decided a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals in the case of the burning of the Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002, which triggered massive communal riots across the state of Gujarat in which more than 1,000 people were killed.

The Gujarat High Court is likely to today pronounce its verdict on a set of appeals challenging convictions and acquittals by a Special Investigation Team court in the 2002 Godhra train coach burning case.

A special court in Ahmedabad today wrapped up the 15-year-old trial of 2002 Gulberg Society massacre in the city but no date has been set for the verdict.

A special trial court in Himmatnagar in north Gujarat is likely to deliver its verdict today on the killing of four persons, including three British nationals, during the 2002 riots in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning.

A trial court in Ahmedabad will deliver its verdict today on the petition filed by Gujarat riot victim Zakia Jafri seeking a copy of the final report submitted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre. The court will also deliver its order on whether the SIT had filed its latest report in compliance with a Suprem...

The Gujarat High Court is expected to deliver order on a petition seeking a direction to the Nanavati Commission to call Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

As the special court pronounced the sentence in Ahmedabad, two-and-a-half hours away in Ground Zero Godhra, communally-sensitive areas witnessed a predictable shutdown.NDTV visited this town to get the first hand feel of the ground situation nine years after the Godhra tragedy provoked communal riots across Gujarat in which 1,200 people were killed...

Eleven people have been sentenced to death for their role in setting a compartment of the Sabarmati Express on fire in February, 2002. Another 20 people have been sentenced to life in prison.Fifty nine passengers died in the attack at the Godhra train station near Ahmedabad. Bogey S-6 was packed with kar sevaks returning from a trip to Ayodhya. The...

A special court in Ahmedabad announced the quantum of sentence in the Godhra train burning case today.Eleven of the 31convicted were given death sentences. 20 people got life-terms. Last Tuesday, the court had pronounced the judgment on the role of over 90 people accused of conspiring and burning the S-6 coach of the Sabarmati Express on February 2...

A special court in Ahmedabad is expected to deliver today the quantum of punishment against the 31 convicted for their role in the Godhra train burning case.The court had, on Tuesday, upheld conspiracy charges against them under Section 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and acquitted 63, including the key accused, Maulvi Umarji. (Read: Key acc...

After nine years spent in jail, 49 men were freed on Tuesday. They left the Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad in a bus to return to families who had given up hope of ever receiving justice.Earlier today, 63 people were acquitted and 31 convicted for their role in 2002, when a compartment of the Sabarmati Express was set on fire at the Godhra train statio...

Among the 63 people acquitted in the Godhra verdict today is Maulvi Umarji.He was one of the key accused in the attack on the Sabarmati Express in February 2002 when 59 people died after a mob set a coach of the train on fire at the Godhra station near Ahmedabad. The compartment was packed with kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya.  A team...

A special court in Ahmedabad has given verdict in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, convicting 31 people under Section 302 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and acquitting 63, including the key accused, Maulvi Umarji. Quantum of sentence will be announced on February 25. (Read: Key accused Maulvi Umarji acquitted)The court pronounced judgment on...